AMD Radeon HD 8530M vs AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8530M and AMD Radeon R9 M290X 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8530M

  • Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 438 vs 426
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 438 vs 426

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M290X

  • Around 31% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 900 MHz vs 700 MHz
  • 4.3x more texture fill rate: 72 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
  • 4.3x better floating-point performance: 2,304 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
  • 6.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3263 vs 490
  • Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2581 vs 2455
  • 65.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2581 vs 39.6
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 650 MHz
Boost clock speed 900 MHz vs 700 MHz
Texture fill rate 72 GTexel / s vs 16.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 384
Floating-point performance 2,304 gflops vs 537.6 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3263 vs 490
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2581 vs 2455
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2581 vs 39.6

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8530M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M290X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
490
3263
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
438
426
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2455
2581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
39.6
2581
Name AMD Radeon HD 8530M AMD Radeon R9 M290X
PassMark - G3D Mark 490 3263
PassMark - G2D Mark 438 426
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2455 2581
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 39.6 2581
Geekbench - OpenCL 22743
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 51.022
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 936.497
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.62
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 77.584
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 258.046
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2526
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 6666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2526

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8530M AMD Radeon R9 M290X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Mars Neptune
Launch date 10 January 2014 9 January 2014
Place in performance rating 581 582
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 700 MHz 900 MHz
Core clock speed 650 MHz 850 MHz
Floating-point performance 537.6 gflops 2,304 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 1280
Texture fill rate 16.8 GTexel / s 72 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million 2,800 million
Compute units 20
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1200 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore