Radeon 530 Mobile DDR3 vs GeForce GT 540M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 1005 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.05 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2017) |
| GPU code name | N12P-GS | Weston |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 6 January 2011 (13 years ago) | 18 April 2017 (7 years ago) |
| Current price | $283 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 672 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1021 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 585 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.75 | 24.50 |
| Floating-point performance | 258.05 gflops | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on GeForce GT 540M and Radeon 530 Mobile DDR3 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
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, DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1800 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | 28.8 GB/s | 14.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 (6.0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.170 |
| CUDA | + | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2011 | 18 April 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 50 Watt |
GT 540M has 42.9% lower power consumption.
530 Mobile DDR3, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 540M and Radeon 530 Mobile DDR3. We've got no test results to judge.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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