Radeon 530X Mobile vs FirePro R5000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 615 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.26 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 3.22 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Pitcairn | Polaris 24 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 25 February 2013 (12 years ago) | 18 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,099 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 768 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 825 MHz | 730 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1024 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,800 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 39.60 | 24.58 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.267 TFLOPS | 0.7864 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 48 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 192 KB | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 128 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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 279 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Form factor | full height / full length | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 102.4 GB/s | 36 GB/s |
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 | 2x mini-DisplayPort | No outputs |
| Dual-link DVI support | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.131 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 25 February 2013 | 18 April 2017 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 350 Watt | 50 Watt |
530X Mobile has an age advantage of 4 years, and 600% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro R5000 and Radeon 530X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro R5000 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 530X Mobile is a notebook one.
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