A30 PCIe vs HD Graphics 5300

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1091not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.82no data
ArchitectureGeneration 8.0 (2014−2015)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBroadwell GT2GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date5 September 2014 (10 years ago)12 April 2021 (3 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 cores1923584
Core clock speed300 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz1440 MHz
Number of transistors1,300 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate19.20322.6
Floating-point processing power0.3072 TFLOPS10.32 TFLOPS
ROPs396
TMUs24224
Tensor Coresno data224

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 BusPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data8-pin EPS

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 typeSystem SharedHBM2
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared24 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared3072 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1215 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data933.1 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

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 (11_1)N/A
Shader Model5.1N/A
OpenGL4.4N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 September 2014 12 April 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 165 Watt

HD Graphics 5300 has 1000% lower power consumption.

A30 PCIe, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 5300 and A30 PCIe. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 5300 is a desktop card while A30 PCIe is a workstation one.


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