GeForce GT 745A vs Radeon 530

Place in performance ranking	779	712
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.54	0.07
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name	Meso	GK107
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	21 March 2017 (7 years ago)	26 August 2013 (10 years ago)
Current price	$627	$530

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 530 has 671% better value for money than GT 745A.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	384
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	837 MHz
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	915 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	33 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.50	29.28
Floating-point performance	784.1 gflops	642.8 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon 530 and GeForce GT 745A compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Width	no data	MXM Module
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR3/GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	28.8 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.0	5.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	no data	3.0

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Radeon 530 2.64

GT 745A 3.18
+20.5%

GeForce GT 745A outperforms Radeon 530 by 20% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Radeon 530 1018

GT 745A 1228
+20.6%

GeForce GT 745A outperforms Radeon 530 by 21% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−5.9%

18−21
+5.9%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −33.3%	16 +33.3%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −33.3%	8 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −25%	10 +25%
Far Cry New Dawn	9−10 −33.3%	12 +33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −25%	20 +25%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −30%	13 +30%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −30%	13 +30%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −25%	15 +25%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −40%	7 +40%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −33.3%	32 +33.3%
Hitman 3	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −25%	10 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −22.2%	11 +22.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −22.2%	10−12 +22.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −33.3%	12−14 +33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −50%	6 +50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −25%	14−16 +25%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−50%

6−7
+50%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Hitman 3	6−7 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	1−2

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−50%

6−7
+50%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	1−2
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1