ATI Radeon HD 3850 X3 vs HD 6530D IGP

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameSumoRV670
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 June 2011 (13 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores320320
Core clock speed443 MHz669 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 million666 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt145 Watt
Texture fill rate7.08810.70
Floating-point processing power0.2835 TFLOPSno data
ROPs816
TMUs1616

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).

InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data292 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1700 MBps
Memory bandwidthno data54.4 GB/s

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 outputs4x DVI

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.04.1
OpenGL4.43.3 (full) 4.0 (partial)
OpenCL1.2N/A
VulkanN/AN/A

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 32 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 145 Watt

HD 6530D IGP has a 71.9% more advanced lithography process, and 123.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 6530D IGP and Radeon HD 3850 X3. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon HD 6530D IGP
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