RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation vs Radeon 530

Place in the ranking	815	49
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	3.68	53.06
Architecture	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Weston	AD104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)	21 March 2023 (1 year ago)

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	6144
Core clock speed	730 MHz	720 MHz
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	1560 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	70 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.58	299.5
Floating-point processing power	0.7864 TFLOPS	19.17 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	80
TMUs	24	192
Tensor Cores	no data	192
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	48

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 4.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	2-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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	20 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	280.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

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 2.57

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 51.90
+1919%

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

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 20741
+1922%

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

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation 124441
+2381%

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

−1900%

300−350
+1900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1900%	220−230 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1900%	140−150 +1900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	8 −1900%	160−170 +1900%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1900%	220−230 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1900%	140−150 +1900%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1900%	260−270 +1900%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
Metro Exodus	9 −1900%	180−190 +1900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	13 −1900%	260−270 +1900%
Valorant	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −1900%	120−130 +1900%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1900%	220−230 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1900%	140−150 +1900%
Dota 2	18 −1844%	350−400 +1844%
Far Cry 5	12 −1900%	240−250 +1900%
Fortnite	14−16 −1900%	280−290 +1900%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1900%	260−270 +1900%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
Grand Theft Auto V	12 −1900%	240−250 +1900%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1900%	80−85 +1900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12 −1900%	240−250 +1900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 −1900%	200−210 +1900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5 −1900%	100−105 +1900%
Valorant	8 −1900%	160−170 +1900%
World of Tanks	36 −1844%	700−750 +1844%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −1900%	120−130 +1900%
Counter-Strike 2	10−12 −1900%	220−230 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1900%	140−150 +1900%
Dota 2	28 −1864%	550−600 +1864%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −1900%	260−270 +1900%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −1900%	500−550 +1900%
Valorant	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Grand Theft Auto V	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	18−20 −1742%	350−400 +1742%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
World of Tanks	18−20 −1844%	350−400 +1844%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
Counter-Strike 2	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1900%	80−85 +1900%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1900%	140−150 +1900%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −1900%	60−65 +1900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −1900%	120−130 +1900%
Valorant	9−10 −1900%	180−190 +1900%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −1900%	180−190 +1900%
Dota 2	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −1900%	300−310 +1900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	7−8 −1900%	140−150 +1900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1900%	300−310 +1900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −1900%	180−190 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
Dota 2	16−18 −1775%	300−310 +1775%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%
Fortnite	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Valorant	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%

This is how Radeon 530 and RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is 1900% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.57	51.90
Recency	18 April 2017	21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	20 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	70 Watt

Radeon 530 has 40% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 1919.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 530 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 530 is a notebook card while RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is a workstation one.

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