AMD Radeon HD 6530 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6530 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon HD 6530

NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6530

Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 13 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
4.2x more pipelines: 400 vs 96
Around 93% better floating-point performance: 520.0 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 39 Watt vs 50 Watt

Texture fill rate	13 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	400 vs 96
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt vs 50 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 650 MHz
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6530	NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark		671
PassMark - G2D Mark		236
Geekbench - OpenCL		2304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		5.698
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		175.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		9.27
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1064
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2716

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6530	NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2	Fermi
Code name	Redwood	GF108
Launch date	14 May 2011	14 May 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1360
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	650 MHz	700 MHz
Floating-point performance	520.0 gflops	268.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	400	96
Texture fill rate	13 GTexel / s	11.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	39 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	627 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	165 mm	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	19.2 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR3