ATI Radeon HD 5530 vs GeForce 940M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking785not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.07no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGM108Cedar
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)17 March 2011 (13 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 cores38480
Core clock speed1072 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1176 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt19 Watt
Texture fill rate28.225.200
Floating-point processing power0.9032 TFLOPS0.104 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs248

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 sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data170 mm
Widthno data1-slot

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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz600 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s9.6 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 17 March 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 19 Watt

GeForce 940M has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

ATI HD 5530, on the other hand, has 294.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 940M and Radeon HD 5530. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 940M is a notebook card while Radeon HD 5530 is a desktop one.


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