Radeon 530X vs HD 6550A
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 989 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.71 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Pinewood | Meso |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 February 2011 (14 years ago) | 18 April 2017 (8 years 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 | 480 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 550 MHz | 730 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1021 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 1,040 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.20 | 24.50 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.528 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 24 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 48 KB | no data |
| L2 Cache | 256 KB | 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).
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | GDDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 4000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 32 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 12.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 7 February 2011 | 18 April 2017 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 50 Watt |
HD 6550A has 42.9% lower power consumption.
Radeon 530X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6550A and Radeon 530X. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 6550A is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 530X is a desktop one.
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