NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM vs AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM and AMD Radeon HD 6630M 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2242 vs 984
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 5.698 vs 2.847
Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 175.385 vs 142.549
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1064 vs 424
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1589 vs 1055
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2716 vs 2368
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1064 vs 424
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1589 vs 1055
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2716 vs 2368

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2011 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	700 MHz vs 500 MHz
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2242 vs 984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.698 vs 2.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	175.385 vs 142.549
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1064 vs 424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1589 vs 1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2716 vs 2368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1064 vs 424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1589 vs 1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2716 vs 2368

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
5x more pipelines: 480 vs 96
Around 79% better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 26 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 685 vs 664
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 390 vs 221
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 9.527 vs 9.27

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	12 GTexel / s vs 11.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 96
Floating-point performance	480.0 gflops vs 268.8 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	26 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	685 vs 664
PassMark - G2D Mark	390 vs 221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	9.527 vs 9.27

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6630M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

664

685

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

221

390

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2242

984

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

5.698

2.847

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

175.385

142.549

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

9.27

9.527

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1064

424

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1589

1055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2716

2368

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1064

424

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1589

1055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2716

2368

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 6630M
PassMark - G3D Mark	664	685
PassMark - G2D Mark	221	390
Geekbench - OpenCL	2242	984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	5.698	2.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	175.385	142.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.497	0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	9.27	9.527
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1064	424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1589	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2716	2368
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1064	424
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1589	1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2716	2368
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		42.818

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 OEM	AMD Radeon HD 6630M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF108	Whistler
Launch date	14 May 2011	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1369	1370
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	700 MHz	500 MHz
Floating-point performance	268.8 gflops	480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	96	480
Texture fill rate	11.2 GTexel / s	12 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	26 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	716 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	145 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory		0