Radeon 530X vs GeForce GTX 970

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking215not rated
Place by popularity57not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation13.79no data
Power efficiency11.58no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGM204Meso
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date19 September 2014 (10 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1664384
Core clock speed1050 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speed1178 MHz1021 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)148 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature98 °Cno data
Texture fill rate122.524.50
Floating-point processing power3.92 TFLOPSno data
ROPs568
TMUs10424

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slot1-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)500 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone
SLI options+-

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/s4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s32 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.21x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12.0
Shader Model6.45.0
OpenGL4.44.5
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 19 September 2014 18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 148 Watt 50 Watt

GTX 970 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Radeon 530X, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 196% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 970 and Radeon 530X. We've got no test results to judge.


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