Radeon HD 6530D IGP vs GeForce 9600 GTX

Radeon HD 6530D IGP
Memory: 0Mb System SharedDESKTOP
Release date: 20 Jun 2011
Radeon HD 6530D IGP
GeForce 9600 GTX
Memory: 512Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 27 May 2009
GeForce 9600 GTX

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 6530D IGP

75 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce 9600 GTX .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GTX

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon HD 6530D IGPGeForce 9600 GTX
GPU NameBeaverCreek ()vsG92 ()
Fab Process32 nmvs65 nm
Die Size228 mm²vs324 mm²
Transistors1,450 millionvs754 million
Shaders320vs96
Compute Units4vs6
Core clock443 MHzvs580 MHz
ROPs8vs16
TMUs16vs48

Memory Configuration

Radeon HD 6530D IGPGeForce 9600 GTX
Memory TypeSystem SharedvsGDDR3
Bus WidthSystem Sharedvs256 bit
Memory SpeedSystem Sharedvs700 MHz
1400 MHz effective
Memory Size0 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

Radeon HD 6530D IGPGeForce 9600 GTX
TDP65 wattsvs140 watts
Release Date20 Jun 2011vs27 May 2009

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon HD 6530D IGP
    3.54 GP/s
  • GeForce 9600 GTX
    9.28 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon HD 6530D IGP
    7.09 GT/s
  • GeForce 9600 GTX
    27.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon HD 6530D IGP
    0.00 GB/s
  • GeForce 9600 GTX
    44.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon HD 6530D IGP
    283.50 GFLOPs
  • GeForce 9600 GTX
    278.40 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better