Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5 vs Arc A580
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 182 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 81 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 11.95 | no data |
| Architecture | Generation 12.7 (2022−2023) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | DG2-512 | Weston |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 10 October 2023 (1 year ago) | 18 April 2017 (7 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 | 3072 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1700 MHz | 730 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2000 MHz | 891 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 21,700 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 6 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 384.0 | 21.38 |
| Floating-point processing power | 12.29 TFLOPS | 0.6843 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 96 | 8 |
| TMUs | 192 | 24 |
| Tensor Cores | 384 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 24 | 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 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s | 28.8 GB/s |
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 Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0 | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.6 | 6.5 (6.0) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2.170 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 October 2023 | 18 April 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 6 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 175 Watt | 50 Watt |
Arc A580 has an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 366.7% more advanced lithography process.
530 Mobile GDDR5, on the other hand, has 250% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Arc A580 and Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Arc A580 is a desktop card while Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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