AMD Radeon 530X vs AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530X and AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 530X

AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530X

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
3.5x more texture fill rate: 24.5 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
2.8x better floating-point performance: 784.1 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 21 December 2013
Texture fill rate	24.5 GTexel / s vs 7 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	784.1 gflops vs 280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 875 MHz vs 730 MHz
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 50 Watt

Core clock speed	875 MHz vs 730 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530X
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM

Name	AMD Radeon 530X	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	28019
PassMark - G2D Mark		202
PassMark - G3D Mark		277

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530X	AMD Radeon R5 235X OEM
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	Meso	Caicos
Launch date	18 April 2017	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	822	825
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1021 MHz
Core clock speed	730 MHz	875 MHz
Floating-point performance	784.1 gflops	280.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	24.5 GTexel / s	7 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	18 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	32 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
API support
DirectX		11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.4