ATI Mobility Radeon HD 530v vs Quadro NVS 295
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1413 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 0.90 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | TeraScale (2005−2013) |
| GPU code name | G98 | M92 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 May 2009 (16 years ago) | 5 May 2010 (15 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $54.50 | 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 | 8 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 540 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 210 million | 242 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 10 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 4.320 | 3.600 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.0208 TFLOPS | 0.072 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 8 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 16 KB |
| L2 Cache | 16 KB | 64 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 | MXM-A (3.0) |
| Length | 168 mm | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 695 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 11.12 GB/s | 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 | 2x DisplayPort | 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) | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | 1.1 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 May 2009 | 5 May 2010 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 55 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 10 Watt |
ATI Mobility HD 530v has an age advantage of 11 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 18% more advanced lithography process, and 130% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro NVS 295 and Mobility Radeon HD 530v. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro NVS 295 is a workstation graphics card while Mobility Radeon HD 530v is a notebook one.
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