Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5 vs Pro 555X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking504not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency7.67no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code namePolaris 21Weston
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date16 July 2018 (6 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 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 cores768384
Core clock speed907 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speedno data891 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 million1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate43.5421.38
Floating-point processing power1.393 TFLOPS0.6843 TFLOPS
ROPs168
TMUs4824

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1275 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth81.6 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.46.5 (6.0)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Recency 16 July 2018 18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt

Pro 555X has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

530 Mobile GDDR5, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon Pro 555X and Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 555X is a mobile workstation card while Radeon 530 Mobile GDDR5 is a mobile workstation one.


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