HD Graphics 530 vs Radeon RX 5500

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Aggregate performance score

RX 5500
2019
4 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
22.81
+781%

Radeon RX 5500 outperforms HD Graphics 530 by a whopping 781% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking225785
Place by popularitynot in top-10072
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.080.17
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)
GPU code nameNavi 14Skylake GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 October 2019 (4 years ago)5 August 2015 (8 years ago)
Current price$444 $526

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 5500 has 5829% better value for money than HD Graphics 530.

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 cores140824
Core clock speedno data350 MHz
Boost clock speed1845 MHz1150 MHz
Number of transistors6,400 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate162.427.60
Floating-point performanceno data403.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 5500 and HD Graphics 530 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 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x1
Length180 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount4 GB64 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12.0 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Modelno data6.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCLno data2.1
Vulkanno data+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 5500 22.81
+781%
HD Graphics 530 2.59

Radeon RX 5500 outperforms HD Graphics 530 by 781% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RX 5500 8818
+781%
HD Graphics 530 1001

Radeon RX 5500 outperforms HD Graphics 530 by 781% in Passmark.

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 HD130−140
+767%
15
−767%
4K60−65
+757%
7
−757%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 22.81 2.59
Recency 7 October 2019 5 August 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 64 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 15 Watt

The Radeon RX 5500 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 530 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5500 is a desktop card while HD Graphics 530 is a notebook one.


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