Radeon HD 6530M vs R7 (Bristol Ridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) and Radeon HD 6530M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 (Bristol Ridge)
2016
12 Watt
1.80
+56.5%

R7 (Bristol Ridge) outperforms HD 6530M by an impressive 57% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking9511092
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.053.37
ArchitectureGCN 1.2 (2016)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameBristol RidgeCapilano
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 June 2016 (9 years ago)26 November 2010 (14 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 cores512400
Core clock speedno data450 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors2410 Million627 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt26 Watt
Texture fill rateno data9.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.36 TFLOPS
ROPsno data8
TMUsno data20
L1 Cacheno data40 KB
L2 Cacheno data256 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedmedium sized
Interfaceno dataMXM-II

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 typeno dataDDR3
Maximum RAM amountno data1 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.8 GB/s
Shared memory+-

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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno data1.2
Vulkan-N/A

Synthetic benchmarks

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

R7 (Bristol Ridge) 1.80
+56.5%
HD 6530M 1.15

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

R7 (Bristol Ridge) 5568
+67%
HD 6530M 3334

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 HD14
+75%
8−9
−75%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Fortnite 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Valorant 35−40
+15.2%
30−35
−15.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Counter-Strike 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
+35.7%
27−30
−35.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Dota 2 16
+0%
16−18
+0%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Fortnite 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Forza Horizon 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Grand Theft Auto V 5 0−1
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Valorant 35−40
+15.2%
30−35
−15.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Dota 2 14
−14.3%
16−18
+14.3%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Forza Horizon 4 10−11
+42.9%
7−8
−42.9%
Hogwarts Legacy 7−8
+16.7%
6−7
−16.7%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−12
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Valorant 35−40
+15.2%
30−35
−15.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 4−5
+33.3%
3−4
−33.3%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 12−14
+85.7%
7−8
−85.7%
Grand Theft Auto V 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
+50%
12−14
−50%
Valorant 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Hogwarts Legacy 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Valorant 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Dota 2 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
+50%
2−3
−50%

This is how R7 (Bristol Ridge) and HD 6530M compete in popular games:

  • R7 (Bristol Ridge) is 75% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R7 (Bristol Ridge) is 300% faster.
  • in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6530M is 14% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R7 (Bristol Ridge) performs better in 45 tests (92%)
  • HD 6530M performs better in 1 test (2%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (6%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.80 1.15
Recency 1 June 2016 26 November 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 26 Watt

R7 (Bristol Ridge) has a 56.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 116.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge) is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6530M in performance tests.

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