Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5 vs Quadro FX 1700M
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1315 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.63 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | G96 | Weston |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 October 2008 (17 years ago) | 18 April 2017 (8 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 | 32 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 730 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 891 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 314 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.00 | 21.38 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0992 TFLOPS | 0.6843 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | 32 KB | 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).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-II | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 28.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 6.5 (6.0) |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.170 |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 October 2008 | 18 April 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 512 MB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 28 nm |
530 Mobile GDDR5 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 1700M and Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 1700M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5 is a mobile workstation one.
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