AMD Radeon HD 8530M vs AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8530M and AMD Radeon R9 260 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, 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 8530M

  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2455 vs 971
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2455 vs 971

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

  • Around 69% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • 3.7x more texture fill rate: 61.6 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
  • 2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
  • 3.7x better floating-point performance: 1,971 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
  • 3.6x more memory clock speed: 6500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 6.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3182 vs 490
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 438
  • 24.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 971 vs 39.6
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate 61.6 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 896 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,971 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
Memory clock speed 6500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3182 vs 490
PassMark - G2D Mark 586 vs 438
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 971 vs 39.6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8530M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
490
3182
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
438
586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2455
971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.6
971
Name AMD Radeon HD 8530M AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 490 3182
PassMark - G2D Mark 438 586
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2455 971
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 39.6 971
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1980

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8530M AMD Radeon R9 260 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 2.0
Code name Mars Bonaire
Launch date 10 January 2014 21 December 2013
Place in performance rating 584 585
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 700 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance 537.6 gflops 1,971 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 896
Texture fill rate 16.8 GTexel / s 61.6 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 2,080 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Length 183 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 104.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 6500 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5