Radeon 530 Mobile DDR3 vs GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGA106Weston
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2021 (3 years 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 cores3840384
Core clock speed1627 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speed1852 MHz1021 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)185 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate222.224.50
Floating-point processing power14.22 TFLOPS0.7841 TFLOPS
ROPs488
TMUs12024
Tensor Cores120no data
Ray Tracing Cores30no 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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-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 typeGDDR6DDR3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB2 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s14.4 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.76.5 (6.0)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1
Vulkan1.31.2.170
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 185 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 3060 3840SP has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

530 Mobile DDR3, on the other hand, has 270% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP and Radeon 530 Mobile DDR3. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP is a desktop card while Radeon 530 Mobile DDR3 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 3840SP
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AMD Radeon 530 Mobile DDR3
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