Radeon HD 6530D IGP vs R7 370

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	404	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	6.44	no data
Power efficiency	7.35	no data
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code name	Trinidad	Sumo
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	18 June 2015 (9 years ago)	20 June 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	1024	320
Core clock speed	no data	443 MHz
Boost clock speed	975 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	2,800 million	1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	62.40	7.088
Floating-point processing power	1.997 TFLOPS	0.2835 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	64	16

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).

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	IGP
Length	152 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	256 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	975 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	179.2 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	no data

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	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	+	-
Number of Eyefinity displays	6	no data
HDMI	+	-
DisplayPort support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	+	-
CrossFire	+	-
FreeSync	+	-
TrueAudio	+	-
VCE	+	-
DDMA audio	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	+	N/A
Mantle	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	18 June 2015	20 June 2011
Chip lithography	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	110 Watt	65 Watt

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