ATI Radeon HD 5530 vs GeForce GTX 950A
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 623 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.36 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell (2014−2017) | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | GM107 | Cedar |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 13 March 2015 (10 years ago) | 17 March 2011 (14 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 993 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1124 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 1,870 million | 292 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 19 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 44.96 | 5.200 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.439 TFLOPS | 0.104 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 4 |
| TMUs | 40 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | 320 KB | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 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).
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 170 mm |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
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 | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1001 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 32.03 GB/s | 9.6 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 | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | N/A |
| CUDA | 5.0 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 March 2015 | 17 March 2011 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 19 Watt |
GTX 950A has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
ATI HD 5530, on the other hand, has 294.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 950A and Radeon HD 5530. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GTX 950A is a notebook graphics card while Radeon HD 5530 is a desktop one.
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