Radeon HD 8530M vs HD 8570M

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking1035not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation0.03no data
ArchitectureGCN (2011−2017)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameSunMars
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date16 November 2012 (11 years ago)10 January 2014 (10 years ago)
Current price$338 $320

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores384320
Core clock speed650 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed825 MHz700 MHz
Number of transistors690 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Texture fill rate16.5011.20
Floating-point performance528.0 gflops537.6 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8570M and Radeon HD 8530M 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.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8

Memory typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 - 2000 MHz1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s14.4 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 outputsNo outputs

API Compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131

Pros & Cons Summary


Recency 16 November 2012 10 January 2014

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8570M and Radeon HD 8530M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8570M is a notebook card while Radeon HD 8530M is a desktop one.


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