Quadro 600 vs Radeon 530

Place in the ranking	811	1014
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.15
Power efficiency	3.65	2.35
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Weston	GF108
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)	13 December 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	384	96
Core clock speed	730 MHz	640 MHz
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	1,550 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	40 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.58	10.24
Floating-point processing power	0.7864 TFLOPS	0.2458 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	24	16

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 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
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	DDR3/GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	25.6 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

No outputs

1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.3	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 2.66
+94.2%

Quadro 600 1.37

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Radeon 530 1026
+94%

Quadro 600 529

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Radeon 530 5015
+138%

Quadro 600 2104

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

15
+114%

7−8

−114%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

25.57

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+150%

2−3

−150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16 +100%	8−9 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8 +100%	4−5 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry 5	10 +100%	5−6 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	12 +100%	6−7 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	35 +94.4%	18−20 −94.4%
Hitman 3	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +110%	10−11 −110%
Metro Exodus	13 +117%	6−7 −117%
Red Dead Redemption 2	13 +117%	6−7 −117%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18 +100%	9−10 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +111%	18−20 −111%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7 +133%	3−4 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Forza Horizon 4	32 +100%	16−18 −100%
Hitman 3	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +110%	10−11 −110%
Metro Exodus	5 +150%	2−3 −150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9 +125%	4−5 −125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +111%	18−20 −111%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Hitman 3	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +110%	10−11 −110%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +100%	3−4 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +111%	18−20 −111%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+100%

3−4

−100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +100%	2−3 −100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +133%	3−4 −133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +114%	7−8 −114%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+100%

3−4

−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+100%

2−3

−100%

This is how Radeon 530 and Quadro 600 compete in popular games:

Radeon 530 is 114% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.66	1.37
Recency	18 April 2017	13 December 2010
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	40 Watt

Radeon 530 has a 94.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Quadro 600, on the other hand, has 25% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 530 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro 600 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 530 is a notebook card while Quadro 600 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.