GeForce GTS 150M vs Radeon HD 7530M
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 1106 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 2.08 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Tesla (2006−2010) |
| GPU code name | Thames | G94 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 January 2012 (14 years ago) | 3 March 2009 (17 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 400 | 64 |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 400 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 716 million | 505 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 11 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.80 | 12.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.36 TFLOPS | 0.128 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | no data | 192 |
| ROPs | 8 | 16 |
| TMUs | 24 | 32 |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 KB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | large |
| Bus support | no data | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| SLI options | - | 2-way |
| MXM Type | no data | MXM 3.0 Type-B |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | Up to 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 51 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | no data | 2048x1536 |
| Audio input for HDMI | no data | S/PDIF |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | no data | 8.0 |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 11.1 (10_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 January 2012 | 3 March 2009 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 11 Watt | 45 Watt |
HD 7530M has an age advantage of 2 years, a 63% more advanced lithography process, and 309% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7530M and GeForce GTS 150M. We've got no test results to judge.
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