Matrox Parhelia 256 MB vs HD Graphics 530

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking813not rated
Place by popularity92not in top-100
Power efficiency12.46no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Parhelia (2002−2006)
GPU code nameSkylake GT2Parhelia-512
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)25 June 2002 (22 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 cores192no data
Core clock speed350 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million80 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+150 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate22.800.8
Floating-point processing power0.3648 TFLOPSno data
ROPs34
TMUs244

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).

InterfaceRing BusAGP 4x
Lengthno data175 mm
WidthIGP1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4DDR
Maximum RAM amount64 GB256 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data16 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent2x DVI

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)8.1
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.61.5
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 25 June 2002
Maximum RAM amount 64 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 150 nm

HD Graphics 530 has an age advantage of 13 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 971.4% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 530 and Matrox Parhelia 256 MB. We've got no test results to judge.


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