Intel HD 530 vs AMD Radeon RX 580

Compare Intel HD 530 vs AMD Radeon RX 580 8 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

2281 points

332% significantly better overall score

Flux Core frame rate

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

43 FPS

47 FPS

4 FPS slightly higher Flux Core frame rate

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

3 FPS

34 FPS

31 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

3 FPS

48 FPS

45 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

55 FPS

37 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

18 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

389 points

4328 points

1012% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

4018 points

44601 points

1010% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Metal) score

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4602 points

49182 points

968% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4874 points

54191 points

1011% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

5039 points

52261 points

937% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4413 points

45779 points

937% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4937 points

53514 points

983% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

350 MHz

1257 MHz

259% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

950 MHz

1340 MHz

41% slightly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W

1133% significantly lower TDP

185 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.85 Gigapixels/s

42.88 Gigapixels/s

1404% significantly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

22.8 Gigatexels/s

192.96 Gigatexels/s

746% significantly higher texture rate

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

192

2304

1100% significantly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

144

499% 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

321st of 586

192nd of 586

Family

The product line

Radeon RX 500 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 April

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

4.4

4.5

HD 530 vs Radeon RX 580 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark, the Radeon RX 580 GPU is faster than the HD 530 in gaming.

Our database shows that the Radeon RX 580 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 Radeon RX 580 also has a slightly 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 Radeon RX 580 at 185 W. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the Radeon RX 580 over the HD 530.