GeForce GTX 260 OEM vs Radeon 530

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking811not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.65no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameWestonGT200B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)8 December 2009 (15 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 cores384192
Core clock speed730 MHz518 MHz
Boost clock speed1024 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,550 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt182 Watt
Texture fill rate24.5833.15
Floating-point processing power0.7864 TFLOPS0.4147 TFLOPS
ROPs828
TMUs2464

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 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 6-pin

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 typeDDR3/GDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1792 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit448 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s112.9 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.34.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2017 8 December 2009
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1792 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 182 Watt

Radeon 530 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 128.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 96.4% more advanced lithography process, and 264% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 530 and GeForce GTX 260 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 530 is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 260 OEM is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon 530
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