Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Radeon HD 7530M vs GeForce GTX 280M
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 932 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 0.16 | no data |
| Architecture | G9x (2007−2010) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | N10E-GTX | Thames-LP |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 2 March 2009 (15 years old) | 7 January 2012 (12 years old) |
| Current price | $140 | $338 |
Value for money
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Technical specs
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 | 128 | 400 |
| CUDA cores | 128 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 585 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 754 million | 716 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 11 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 38 billion/sec | 10.80 |
| Floating-point performance | 374.5 gflops | 360.0 gflops |
| Gigaflops | 562 | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on GeForce GTX 280M and Radeon HD 7530M 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 | medium sized |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-IV | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| SLI options | + | no data |
| MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | no data |
Memory
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 | GDDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 950 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 61 GB/s | 14.4 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Video outputs and ports
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 | HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | no data |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 2 March 2009 | 7 January 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 55 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 11 Watt |
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 280M and Radeon HD 7530M. 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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