GeForce GT 530 OEM vs Radeon R9 270X
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 530 OEM |
130 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon R9 270X . |
Supports PhysX |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon R9 270X |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Mantle |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon R9 270X
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 530 OEM | | Radeon R9 270X | |
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GPU Name | GF108 (GF108-200-A1) | vs | Curacao (Curacao XT) |
Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 116 mm² | vs | 212 mm² |
Transistors | 585 million | vs | 2,800 million |
Shaders | 96 | vs | 1280 |
Compute Units | 2 | vs | 20 |
Core clock | 700 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
ROPs | 4 | vs | 32 |
TMUs | 16 | vs | 80 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 530 OEM | | Radeon R9 270X | |
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Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 1400 MHz
5600 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 2048 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 530 OEM | | Radeon R9 270X | |
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TDP | 50 watts | vs | 180 watts |
Release Date | 14 May 2011 | vs | 8 Oct 2013 |
GeForce GT 530 OEM
2.80 GP/s
Radeon R9 270X
32.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 530 OEM
11.20 GT/s
Radeon R9 270X
80.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 530 OEM
28.80 GB/s
Radeon R9 270X
179.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 530 OEM
268.80 GFLOPs
Radeon R9 270X
2560.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better