Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5 vs Quadro FX 5500 SDI
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Curie (2003−2013) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | G71 | Weston |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 20 April 2006 (19 years ago) | 18 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $6,999 | no data |
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 | no data | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 730 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 891 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 278 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 104 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 21.38 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 0.6843 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 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 | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 229 mm | no data |
| Width | 3-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 505 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 32.32 GB/s | 28.8 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 | 3x DVI, 1x S-Video | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.5 (6.0) |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.170 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 April 2006 | 18 April 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 104 Watt | 50 Watt |
530 Mobile GDDR5 has an age advantage of 10 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 108% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5500 SDI and Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro FX 5500 SDI is a workstation graphics card while Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5 is a notebook one.
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