HD Graphics (Skylake) vs HD Graphics 530

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	816	not rated
Place by popularity	97	not in top-100
Power efficiency	12.04	no data
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	Gen. 9 Skylake (2015)
GPU code name	Skylake GT2	Skylake GT1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	1 September 2015 (9 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	192	12
Core clock speed	350 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	950 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm+	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	22.80	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.3648 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	3	no data
TMUs	24	no data

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

Ring Bus

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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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4	DDR3L/LPDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	no data
Memory bus width	System Shared	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	no data
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

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Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12_1
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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