Intel HD 530 vs AMD Radeon Vega 8

Compare Intel HD 530 vs AMD Radeon Vega 8, 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

593 points

12% slightly better overall score

Flux Core frame rate

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

43 FPS

30 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

13 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

3 FPS

10 FPS

7 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

3 FPS

12 FPS

9 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

55 FPS

50 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

5 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Graphics score

High-end graphics benchmark

389 points

1426 points

266% significantly higher 3DMark Graphics score

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4602 points

8763 points

90% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4874 points

8956 points

83% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Metal compute benchmark

5039 points

10718 points

112% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Metal) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4413 points

9296 points

110% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4937 points

11397 points

130% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

350 MHz

16% slightly higher core clock speed

300 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

950 MHz

2000 MHz

110% significantly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

45 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.85 Gigapixels/s

16 Gigapixels/s

461% significantly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

22.8 Gigatexels/s

64 Gigatexels/s

180% significantly higher texture rate

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

192

512

166% significantly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

33% slightly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

166% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

321st of 586

309th of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 January

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.4

4.6

HD 530 vs Radeon Vega 8 specs and performance

For gaming, the Radeon Vega 8 graphics card is better than the HD 530 in our tests.

In our comparison, the HD 530 has a slightly 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. Despite this, the Radeon Vega 8 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 Radeon Vega 8 at 45 W. This is not a measure of performance, but rather the amount of heat generated by the chip when running at its highest speed.

In terms of raw gaming performance in our GPU benchmark, the Radeon Vega 8 is better than the HD 530.