AMD Radeon R8 M350DX vs Intel HD Graphics 530

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R8 M350DX and Intel HD Graphics 530 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

Intel HD Graphics 530

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R8 M350DX

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
2.7x more core clock speed: 955 MHz vs 350 MHz
3.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1330 vs 384
4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19471 vs 4379

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	12 December 2015 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	955 MHz vs 350 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1330 vs 384
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471 vs 4379

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 530

Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1030 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2393 vs 1843
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2393 vs 1843
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 1662
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 1662

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2393 vs 1843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2393 vs 1843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 1662
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 1662

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R8 M350DX
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 530

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1843

2393

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1843

2393

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1330

384

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

19471

4379

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1662

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1662

3346

Name	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	Intel HD Graphics 530
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1843	2393
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1843	2393
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1330	384
Geekbench - OpenCL	19471	4379
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1662	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1662	3346
PassMark - G3D Mark		996
PassMark - G2D Mark		253
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		30.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		330.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		30.177
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1045

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R8 M350DX	Intel HD Graphics 530
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	Jet	Skylake GT2
Launch date	12 December 2015	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	1270	1271
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	955 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Transistor count	1,040 million	189 million
Floating-point performance		403.2 gflops
Pipelines		24
Texture fill rate		25.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		15 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		64 GB
Memory bus width		64 / 128 Bit
Memory type		DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4
Shared memory		1