Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge) vs 530

Place in performance ranking	815	839
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code name	Meso	Bristol Ridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	21 March 2017 (7 years ago)	1 June 2016 (8 years ago)

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	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	800 MHz
Number of transistors	1,550 million	3100 Million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	12-45 Watt
Texture fill rate	24.50	no data
Floating-point performance	0.7864 gflops	no data

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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
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	no data
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	no data
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	no data
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	no data
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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12.0	12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model	5.0	no data
OpenGL	4.5	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	+	-

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
+8.6%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 2.43

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Radeon 530 2327
+35.3%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1720

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Radeon 530 1542
+20.1%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 1284

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Radeon 530 9210
+11.6%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 8256

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Radeon 530 107458
+85.2%

R5 (Bristol Ridge) 58018

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

16
+23.1%

−23.1%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6

+0%

5−6

+0%

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 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	10 +150%	4 −150%
Far Cry New Dawn	12 +100%	6−7 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	35 +218%	10−12 −218%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +5%	20−22 −5%
Metro Exodus	13 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	13 +85.7%	7 −85.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18 +63.6%	10−12 −63.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +2.7%	35−40 −2.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Battlefield 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	32 +191%	10−12 −191%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +5%	20−22 −5%
Metro Exodus	5 +400%	1−2 −400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9 +50%	6−7 −50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	13 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +2.7%	35−40 −2.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry 5	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 +5%	20−22 −5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 −117%	12−14 +117%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +2.7%	35−40 −2.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7

+0%

6−7

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+20%

5−6

−20%

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

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

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

This is how Radeon 530 and R5 (Bristol Ridge) compete in popular games:

Radeon 530 is 23% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 530 is 1200% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R5 (Bristol Ridge) is 117% faster.

All in all, in popular games: