HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) vs Radeon R9 290X2
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) |
| 565 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 290X2 . |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 290X2 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 290X2
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | | Radeon R9 290X2 | |
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| GPU Name | Skylake GT2 () | vs | Hawaii (Hawaii XT) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 49 mm² | vs | 438 mm² |
| Transistors | 189 million | vs | 6,200 million |
| Shaders | 192 | vs | 2816 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 44 |
| Core clock | 300 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 3 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 24 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | | Radeon R9 290X2 | |
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| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 512 bit x2 |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 1350 MHz
5400 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | | Radeon R9 290X2 | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 580 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Sep 2015 | vs | 24 Jun 2014 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better