GeForce GTX 780 6 GB vs Radeon 530

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking810not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.66no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameWestonGK110B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)10 September 2013 (11 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 cores3842304
Core clock speed730 MHz863 MHz
Boost clock speed1024 MHz902 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 million7,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate24.58173.2
Floating-point processing power0.7864 TFLOPS4.156 TFLOPS
ROPs848
TMUs24192

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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/GDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s288.4 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 HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model6.35.1
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.01.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1.126
CUDA-3.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2017 10 September 2013
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 250 Watt

Radeon 530 has an age advantage of 3 years, and 400% lower power consumption.

GTX 780 6 GB, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 530 and GeForce GTX 780 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 530 is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 780 6 GB is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon 530
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 6 GB
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