T1000 vs Radeon HD 6530M

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Aggregate performance score

HD 6530M
2010
1 GB DDR3, 26 Watt
1.28

T1000 outperforms Radeon HD 6530M by a whopping 1451% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking998262
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.0539.18
ArchitectureTerascale 2 (2009−2015)Turing (2018−2021)
GPU code nameCapilano-LPTU117
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 November 2010 (13 years ago)6 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price$338 $119

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

T1000 has 78260% better value for money than HD 6530M.

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 cores400896
Core clock speed500 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1395 MHz
Number of transistors627 million4,700 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)26 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate9.00078.12
Floating-point performance400.0 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6530M and T1000 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.

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz10 GB/s
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s160.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs4x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.06.6
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.23.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDAno data7.5

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1400%
90−95
+1400%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1438%
200−210
+1438%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−1344%
130−140
+1344%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1400%
90−95
+1400%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
Hitman 3 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1438%
200−210
+1438%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−1344%
130−140
+1344%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−1400%
90−95
+1400%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1438%
200−210
+1438%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1400%
30−33
+1400%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1400%
75−80
+1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 6−7
−1400%
90−95
+1400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−1400%
60−65
+1400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.28 19.85
Recency 26 November 2010 6 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 26 Watt 50 Watt

The T1000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6530M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6530M is a notebook card while T1000 is a desktop one.


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