GeForce GTX 1060 vs HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2)
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1060 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) |
| 105 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1060 . |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1060
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP106 (GP106-400-A1) | vs | Skylake GT2 () |
| Fab Process | 16 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | vs | 49 mm² |
| Transistors | 4,400 million | vs | 189 million |
| Shaders | 1280 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 10 | vs | 0 |
| Core clock | 1506 MHz | vs | 300 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 3 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | System Shared |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | System Shared |
| Memory Speed | 2002 MHz
8008 MHz effective | vs | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 6144 Mb | vs | 0 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1060 | | HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) | |
|---|
| TDP | 120 watts | vs | 15 watts |
| Release Date | 10 Jul 2016 | vs | 1 Sep 2015 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better