NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 vs Intel HD 530

Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 4 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

2262 points

328% significantly better overall score

528 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

47 FPS

4 FPS slightly higher Flux Core frame rate

43 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

35 FPS

32 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

3 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

31 FPS

28 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

3 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

28 FPS

55 FPS

27 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

3647 points

837% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

389 points

Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

13595 points

238% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

4018 points

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

29153 points

533% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

4602 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

34107 points

599% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

4874 points

Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

13595 points

169% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

5039 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

29277 points

563% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

4413 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

32348 points

555% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

4937 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1050 MHz

200% significantly higher core clock speed

350 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1178 MHz

24% slightly higher boost clock speed

950 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

145 W

15 W

866% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

65.97 Gigapixels/s

2214% significantly higher pixel rate

2.85 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

122.5 Gigatexels/s

437% significantly higher texture rate

22.8 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

1664

766% significantly more shading units

192

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

104

333% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

1766% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

193rd of 586

322nd of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 September

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 970 vs HD 530 comparison

In our benchmarks, the GeForce GTX 970 beats the HD 530 in gaming performance.

Our database shows that the GeForce GTX 970 has a significantly higher core clock speed. This is the frequency at which the graphics core is running at. While not necessarily an indicator of overall performance, this metric can be useful when comparing two GPUs based on the same architecture. In addition, the GeForce GTX 970 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed. The boost clock speed is the frequency that the GPU core can reach if the temperature is low enough. The allows for higher performance in certain scenarios.

In addition, the HD 530 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the GeForce GTX 970 at 145 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the GeForce GTX 970 over the HD 530.