Radeon HD 6530 vs Quadro NVS 285

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameNV44 A2Redwood
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date6 June 2006 (18 years ago)14 May 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$27.99 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 coresno data400
Core clock speed275 MHz650 MHz
Number of transistors75 million627 million
Manufacturing process technology110 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt39 Watt
Texture fill rate1.10013.00
Floating-point processing powerno data0.52 TFLOPS
ROPs28
TMUs420

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 2.0 x16
Length168 mm165 mm
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDRGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed250 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth8 GB/s19.2 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DMS-591x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model3.05.0
OpenGL2.14.4
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2006 14 May 2011
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 39 Watt

NVS 285 has 116.7% lower power consumption.

HD 6530, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 285 and Radeon HD 6530. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro NVS 285 is a workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 6530 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA Quadro NVS 285
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