Radeon R6 (Mullins) vs HD Graphics 530

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 530 with Radeon R6 (Mullins), including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics 530
2015
64 GB DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4, 15 Watt
2.59
+305%

HD Graphics 530 outperforms R6 (Mullins) by a whopping 305% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking8131186
Place by popularity92not in top-100
Power efficiency12.46no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)GCN 1.1 (2014)
GPU code nameSkylake GT2Mullins
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)29 April 2014 (10 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 cores192128
Core clock speed350 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate22.80no data
Floating-point processing power0.3648 TFLOPSno data
ROPs3no data
TMUs24no 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).

InterfaceRing Busno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4no data
Maximum RAM amount64 GBno data
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

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)12 (FL 12_0)
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 530 2.59
+305%
R6 (Mullins) 0.64

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 530 7500
+232%
R6 (Mullins) 2258

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 530 80242
+291%
R6 (Mullins) 20511

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD13
+333%
3−4
−333%
4K7
+600%
1−2
−600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 13
+117%
6−7
−117%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+26.7%
30−33
−26.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 13
+30%
10−11
−30%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+26.7%
30−33
−26.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
+66.7%
3−4
−66.7%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Hitman 3 7−8
+40%
5−6
−40%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3
−233%
10−11
+233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
+26.7%
30−33
−26.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Hitman 3 8−9
+33.3%
6−7
−33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+100%
3−4
−100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

This is how HD Graphics 530 and R6 (Mullins) compete in popular games:

  • HD Graphics 530 is 333% faster in 1080p
  • HD Graphics 530 is 600% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 530 is 1400% faster.
  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R6 (Mullins) is 233% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD Graphics 530 is ahead in 33 tests (94%)
  • R6 (Mullins) is ahead in 1 test (3%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.59 0.64
Recency 1 September 2015 29 April 2014
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm

HD Graphics 530 has a 304.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The HD Graphics 530 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R6 (Mullins) in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 530 is a desktop card while Radeon R6 (Mullins) is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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