Radeon 530X Mobile vs HD Graphics

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1150not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.53no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1Polaris 24
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 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 cores48384
Core clock speed650 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1024 MHz
Number of transistors392 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate6.30024.58
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPS0.7864 TFLOPS
ROPs18
TMUs624

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1125 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data36 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.3
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.801.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 18 April 2017
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 50 Watt

HD Graphics has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process, and 42.9% lower power consumption.

530X Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and Radeon 530X Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics is a desktop card while Radeon 530X Mobile is a notebook one.


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Intel HD Graphics
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