Radeon HD 7530M vs GeForce GT 635M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking994not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.84no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameGF116Thames
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)7 January 2012 (12 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 coresUp to 144400
Core clock speedUp to 675 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed753 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,170 million716 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt11 Watt
Texture fill rate16.2010.80
Floating-point processing power0.3888 TFLOPS0.36 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs2424

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 sizelargemedium sized
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus widthUp to 192bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 43.2 GB/s14.4 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 outputsNo outputs
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.54.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 7 January 2012
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 11 Watt

GT 635M has an age advantage of 2 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

HD 7530M, on the other hand, has 218.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 635M and Radeon HD 7530M. We've got no test results to judge.


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