NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 vs Intel HD 530

Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 2 GB vs Intel HD 530, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

1159 points

119% significantly better overall score

528 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

26 FPS

43 FPS

17 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

18 FPS

15 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

3 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

18 FPS

15 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

3 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

14 FPS

55 FPS

41 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

2076 points

433% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

389 points

Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

7823 points

94% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

4018 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

18573 points

303% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

4602 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

17953 points

268% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

4874 points

Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

7823 points

55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

5039 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

17967 points

307% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

4413 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

17163 points

247% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

4937 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1354 MHz

286% significantly higher core clock speed

350 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1455 MHz

53% significantly higher boost clock speed

950 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

75 W

15 W

400% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

46.56 Gigapixels/s

1533% significantly higher pixel rate

2.85 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

58.2 Gigatexels/s

155% significantly higher texture rate

22.8 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

640

233% significantly more shading units

192

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

66% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

966% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

253rd of 586

321st of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 October

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.5

4.4

GeForce GTX 1050 vs HD 530 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark, the GeForce GTX 1050 GPU is faster than the HD 530 in gaming.

The GeForce GTX 1050 has a significantly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the GeForce GTX 1050 also has a significantly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the HD 530 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the GeForce GTX 1050 at 75 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

According to the results of the hardwareDB benchmark utility, the GeForce GTX 1050 is faster than the HD 530.