Radeon 530X Mobile vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking414not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.08no data
Power efficiency5.29no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGK104Polaris 24
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 August 2012 (12 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1344384
Core clock speed915 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz1024 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate109.824.58
Floating-point processing power2.634 TFLOPS0.7864 TFLOPS
ROPs248
TMUs11224

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 supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR564 Bit
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/s1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.2 GB/s36 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortNo outputs
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 August 2012 18 April 2017
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 50 Watt

530X Mobile has an age advantage of 4 years, and 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660 Ti and Radeon 530X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 Ti is a desktop card while Radeon 530X Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
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AMD Radeon 530X Mobile
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