Radeon 530 Mobile DDR3 vs HD 7970

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	430	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.14	no data
Power efficiency	3.86	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Weston
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	9 January 2012 (13 years ago)	18 April 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$549	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

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	2048	384
Core clock speed	no data	730 MHz
Boost clock speed	925 MHz	1021 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	118.4	24.50
Floating-point processing power	3.789 TFLOPS	0.7841 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	128	24
L1 Cache	512 KB	96 KB
L2 Cache	768 KB	128 KB

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).

Bus support	PCIe 2.1 x16	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	275 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1375 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	264 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.2	Portable Device Dependent
Eyefinity	+	-
HDMI	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX	DirectX® 11	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	6.5 (5.1)	6.5 (6.0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1 (1.2)	2.1
Vulkan	-	1.2.170

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	9 January 2012	18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	50 Watt

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