Intel HD 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730

Compare Intel HD 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 2 GB, 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

528 points
158% significantly better overall score
204 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

43 FPS
38 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate
5 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

3 FPS
Identical
3 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

3 FPS
3 FPS
0 FPS slightly higher City frame rate

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

55 FPS
53 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate
2 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

389 points
30% slightly higher 3DMark Graphics score
297 points
Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

4018 points
107% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Metal) score
1933 points
Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4602 points
24% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score
3690 points
Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4874 points
41% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score
3447 points
Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

5039 points
134% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Metal) score
2151 points
Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4413 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score
3630 points
Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4937 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score
3735 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

350 MHz
902 MHz
157% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

950 MHz
1253 MHz
31% slightly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W
226% significantly lower TDP
49 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.85 Gigapixels/s
1% slightly higher pixel rate
2.8 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

22.8 Gigatexels/s
103% significantly higher texture rate
11.2 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

192
100% significantly more shading units
96

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

24
49% significantly more texture mapping units
16

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

3
4
33% slightly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

321st of 586
431st of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2015 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
GDDR5

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0
12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.4
4.6

HD 530 vs GeForce GT 730 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark, the GeForce GT 730 GPU is faster than the HD 530 in gaming.

Our database shows that the GeForce GT 730 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 GT 730 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 GT 730 at 49 W. TDP (Thermal Design Power) measures total heat output from the chip.

According to the results of the hardwareDB benchmark utility, the GeForce GT 730 is faster than the HD 530.

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