ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 vs GeForce Go 6800

Place in the ranking	1347	1289
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.43	no data
Architecture	Curie (2003−2013)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	NV41	M92
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	8 November 2004 (20 years ago)	9 January 2009 (16 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	17	80
Core clock speed	300 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	300 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	190 million	242 million
Manufacturing process technology	130 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	3.600	4.000
Floating-point processing power	no data	0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	4
TMUs	12	8

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-III	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	550 MHz	700 MHz
Memory bandwidth	35.2 GB/s	11.2 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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	9.0c (9_3)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	3.0	4.1
OpenGL	2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
World of Tanks	12−14 −8.3%	12−14 +8.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

+0%

2−3

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Valorant	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Valorant	0−1	1−2

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the ATI Mobility HD 4530 is 25% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

ATI Mobility HD 4530 is ahead in 7 tests (23%)
there's a draw in 24 tests (77%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.28	0.36
Recency	8 November 2004	9 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Chip lithography	130 nm	55 nm

ATI Mobility HD 4530 has a 28.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 136.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Mobility Radeon HD 4530 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce Go 6800 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.