AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 61% higher texture fill rate: 7.09 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
  • 20x more pipelines: 320 vs 16
  • 9.7x better floating-point performance: 283.52 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 80 nm
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 337 vs 162
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 136 vs 39
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1614 vs 1016
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1614 vs 1016
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 June 2011 vs 1 August 2008
Texture fill rate 7.09 GTexel / s vs 4.4 billion / sec
Pipelines 320 vs 16
Floating-point performance 283.52 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 80 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 337 vs 162
PassMark - G2D Mark 136 vs 39
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1614 vs 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1614 vs 1016

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

  • 3.2x more core clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 443 MHz
  • Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1796 vs 1104
  • Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1796 vs 1104
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1400 MHz vs 443 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1796 vs 1104
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1796 vs 1104

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
337
162
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
136
39
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1104
1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1104
1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1614
1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1614
1016
Name AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark 337 162
PassMark - G2D Mark 136 39
Geekbench - OpenCL 882
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1104 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1104 1796
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1614 1016
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1614 1016

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP NVIDIA GeForce 9400 GT

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Tesla
Code name BeaverCreek G86
Launch date 20 June 2011 1 August 2008
Place in performance rating 1464 1467
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $79.99
Price now $79.99
Value for money (0-100) 3.05

Technical info

Core clock speed 443 MHz 1400 MHz
Floating-point performance 283.52 gflops 29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 80 nm
Pipelines 320 16
Texture fill rate 7.09 GTexel / s 4.4 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,450 million 210 million
CUDA cores 16
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length 6.6" (16.8 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.4 2.1

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR2
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 400 MHz

Technologies

CUDA
SLI