AMD Radeon 530X Mobile

AMD Radeon 530X Mobile is an AMD mobile GPU built from the Polaris 24 chip and GCN 3.0 architecture. The 28 nm TSMC die carries 1,550 million transistors across 125 mm², for a transistor density of 12.4M / mm². The shader array contains 384 shading units, 24 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs, with a 730 MHz base clock and a 1024 MHz boost clock. Memory is 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 64-bit bus, clocked at 1125 MHz with 4.5 Gbps effective transfer and a listed bandwidth of 36.00 GB/s. The board is an IGP slot width part with no external power connectors and a 50 W TDP. Display output is portable-device dependent. The production status is end-of-life; the release date is 2017-04-17. The database lists no benchmark samples, an average benchmark score of 0, and an empty nearestRivals list.

Who Should Consider It

Because the production status is end-of-life, this GPU is aimed at users maintaining existing systems rather than buyers looking for current hardware. The 2 GB GDDR5 frame buffer and 36.00 GB/s bandwidth point toward modest workloads. The 384 shading units offer 786.4 GFLOPS of FP32 compute, while the 24 TMUs provide 24.58 GTexel/s of texturing and the 8 ROPs provide 8.192 GPixel/s of fill rate. Those figures indicate a modest part, and the percentileVsAllGpus value of 50 places it at the median of the database distribution. For practical settings, the GPU is best matched to lower resolutions and conservative detail levels. The 50 W TDP and absence of external power connectors make it straightforward for an OEM to integrate inside a portable chassis. Because display outputs are portable-device dependent, the end-user is tied to the host laptop’s output configuration. The listed game clock is null, so only the 730 MHz base and 1024 MHz boost clocks define performance variability. Users who stay within the 2 GB memory capacity and 36.00 GB/s bandwidth will find the GPU capable of basic 3D acceleration, but the 8.192 GPixel/s pixel rate is a firm ceiling for fill-heavy work. No benchmark scores are available, so settings recommendations are derived from the listed memory and throughput constraints rather than from measured results.

Ray Tracing and Feature Set

The rtCores field is null and the tensorCores field is null, so no dedicated ray tracing hardware or tensor acceleration is listed for the AMD Radeon 530X Mobile. The architecture is GCN 3.0, and the FP16 throughput is identical to FP32 at 786.4 GFLOPS, listed as 786.4 GFLOPS (1:1). API support includes DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170. This gives the GPU a defined set of graphics API capabilities for application compatibility. The absence of tensor cores means there is no specialized matrix-accelerating hardware in the fact sheet. The FP16 1:1 ratio means half-precision compute does not provide extra throughput over single-precision. The rasterization resources are 24 TMUs and 8 ROPs, with corresponding listed rates of 24.58 GTexel/s and 8.192 GPixel/s. The 28 nm process and 12.4M / mm² transistor density are the manufacturing parameters, with TSMC as the foundry and 1,550 million transistors on a 125 mm² die. No ray tracing acceleration hardware is present, so any ray-traced effects would have to rely on the listed FP32 or FP16 compute rates. The API list is the main feature datum beyond the core and memory configuration; DirectX 12 (12_0), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.2.170 are all listed in the fact pack.

Memory Subsystem

The memory subsystem is built around 2 GB of GDDR5 on a 64-bit bus. The memory clock is 1125 MHz, giving an effective data rate of 4.5 Gbps and a bandwidth of 36.00 GB/s. This is a small memory pool and a narrow data path. At high resolutions, the GPU must move larger frame buffer workloads through the 36.00 GB/s conduit. The 2 GB capacity is the first limit; workloads that exceed it will require data to be staged through the PCIe 3.0 x8 host link. The 64-bit bus width limits how much data can be transferred per clock, and the effective 4.5 Gbps rate is the memory transfer figure listed. With 8 ROPs and an 8.192 GPixel/s pixel rate, the GPU can also become fill-bound before reaching the 786.4 GFLOPS FP32 ceiling. The memory and ROP specifications should therefore be treated as the primary constraints for higher-resolution rendering. The PCIe 3.0 x8 interface is the listed host connection, and it does not expand the local VRAM bandwidth. The combination of 2 GB capacity, 64-bit bus width, and 36.00 GB/s bandwidth gives this GPU a narrowly scoped memory profile. For any workload that requires sustained bandwidth beyond 36.00 GB/s, the listed specifications indicate a hard data-rate limit.

How It Compares

The nearestRivals list in the fact pack is empty. As a result, there are no named rivals, no rival scores, and no deltaPct values to compare. The only cross-GPU positional data is percentileVsAllGpus, which is 50. That places the Radeon 530X Mobile at the median of the database distribution. However, avgBenchmarkScore is 0, so the median position is not supported by recorded benchmark runs. In the product lineage, the predecessor is listed as Gem System and the successor as Navi Mobile. The generation is listed as Polaris Mobile (M500X), and the chip is Polaris 24. The production status of end-of-life explains why the database may not have current rival entries. Because nearestRivals has no entries, no direct comparison to another GPU can be drawn in this section. The 50th percentile is the only relative positioning data available, and it must be read alongside the empty benchmark array. Without rival data, any statement about relative performance against similarly positioned parts would be unsupported by the fact pack.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmarks array is empty. This means there are no sample scores for the Radeon 530X Mobile, and avgBenchmarkScore is 0. There are also no nearestRivals entries, so no deltaPct values can be computed. The theoretical peak rates are the only quantitative indicators: 786.4 GFLOPS FP32, 786.4 GFLOPS FP16 (1:1), 24.58 GTexel/s texture rate, and 8.192 GPixel/s pixel rate. These values correspond to the 730 MHz base and 1024 MHz boost clocks, combined with the 384 shading units, 24 TMUs, and 8 ROPs. The memory side is listed as 2 GB GDDR5 with 36.00 GB/s bandwidth. Against all GPUs in the database, the 50th percentile places this product at the median. Because no measured scores exist, the only exact equality available is that FP32 and FP16 both sit at 786.4 GFLOPS. The 24.58 GTexel/s texture rate and 8.192 GPixel/s pixel rate are the listed fixed-function throughput figures. The empty benchmarks field means the avgBenchmarkScore of 0 functions as a placeholder rather than a tested result. Without rivals, there are no score differences to report, and the benchmark section cannot provide the usual exact percentage deltas. The database’s nearestRivals field supplies neither names nor deltaPct values, so the analysis cannot move beyond theoretical rates. The practical performance envelope is defined by the 384 shading units, 24 TMUs, 8 ROPs, 2 GB GDDR5 memory, and 36.00 GB/s bandwidth. Those figures, not measured runs, are the facts available for this SKU.