Radeon HD 6530M vs PRO WX 3100

Place in the ranking	564	1034
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	5.14	no data
Power efficiency	7.02	3.38
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Lexa	Capilano
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	12 June 2017 (7 years ago)	26 November 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores	512	400
Core clock speed	925 MHz	450 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,200 million	627 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	26 Watt
Texture fill rate	39.01	9.000
Floating-point processing power	1.248 TFLOPS	0.36 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	32	20

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).

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-II
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	28.8 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 Connectors

1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A

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.

PRO WX 3100 6.65
+420%

HD 6530M 1.28

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

PRO WX 3100 11702
+251%

HD 6530M 3334

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 HD

13
+550%

2−3

−550%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

15.31

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FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−12
+175%

4−5

−175%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +533%	3−4 −533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +2050%	2−3 −2050%
Hitman 3	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +179%	14−16 −179%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +800%	2−3 −800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +57.6%	30−35 −57.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Battlefield 5	18−20 +533%	3−4 −533%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +2050%	2−3 −2050%
Hitman 3	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +179%	14−16 −179%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +800%	2−3 −800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +90.9%	10−12 −90.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +57.6%	30−35 −57.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	16−18 +183%	6−7 −183%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +1400%	1−2 −1400%
Forza Horizon 4	40−45 +2050%	2−3 −2050%
Hitman 3	12−14 +117%	6−7 −117%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +179%	14−16 −179%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 +175%	8−9 −175%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7 −57.1%	10−12 +57.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 +57.6%	30−35 −57.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
+800%

2−3

−800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−11 +400%	2−3 −400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +425%	4−5 −425%
Hitman 3	10−11 +42.9%	7−8 −42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +600%	6−7 −600%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12
+175%

4−5

−175%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5	0−1
Hitman 3	3−4	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +500%	3−4 −500%
Metro Exodus	4−5	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+133%

3−4

−133%

This is how PRO WX 3100 and HD 6530M compete in popular games:

PRO WX 3100 is 550% faster in 1080p

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the PRO WX 3100 is 2050% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD 6530M is 57% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

PRO WX 3100 is ahead in 46 tests (98%)
HD 6530M is ahead in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.65	1.28
Recency	12 June 2017	26 November 2010
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	26 Watt

PRO WX 3100 has a 419.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

HD 6530M, on the other hand, has 150% lower power consumption.

The Radeon PRO WX 3100 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6530M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon PRO WX 3100 is a workstation card while Radeon HD 6530M is a notebook one.

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