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AMD Radeon HD 6530

Graphics Processor
Redwood
Cores
400
TMUs
20
ROPs
8
Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Bus Width
128 bit
GPU Chip
GPU
The Radeon HD 6530 was a graphics card by AMD, launched on May 14th, 2011. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Redwood graphics processor, in its Redwood PRO variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. The Redwood graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 104 mm² and 627 million transistors. It features 400 shading units, 20 texture mapping units, and 8 ROPs. AMD has paired 1,024 MB GDDR3 memory with the Radeon HD 6530, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 650 MHz, memory is running at 600 MHz.
Being a single-slot card, its power draw is rated at 39 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 1x VGA. Radeon HD 6530 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. The card measures 165 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution.

Graphics Processor

GPU Name
Redwood
GPU Variant
Redwood PRO
(215-0757004)
Architecture
TeraScale 2
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
40 nm
Transistors
627 million
Density
6.0M / mm²
Die Size
104 mm²
Chip Package
FCBGA-962

Graphics Card

Release Date
May 14th, 2011
Generation
Northern Islands
(HD 6500)
Predecessor
Evergreen
Successor
Southern Islands
Production
End-of-life
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16

Relative Performance

GeForce 210
20%
GeForce 9400 GT
26%
Radeon HD 4550
32%
Radeon HD 5450
41%
Radeon HD 6450
48%
GeForce GT 520
51%
GeForce GT 220
63%
GeForce GT 430
82%
Radeon HD 5570
84%
Radeon HD 4670
91%
GeForce GT 440
96%
GeForce GT 240
98%
Radeon HD 6530
100%
GeForce 9600 GT
112%
Radeon HD 5670
119%
GeForce GT 640
128%
GeForce 9800 GT
132%
Radeon HD 6670
137%
Radeon HD 4830
142%
Radeon HD 4770
151%
Radeon HD 4850
160%
GeForce GTS 250
163%
GeForce GTS 450
168%
Radeon HD 5750
174%
Radeon HD 7750
199%
Radeon HD 5770
200%
GeForce GTX 260
204%
Radeon HD 4870
206%
Radeon Vega 8
207%
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
209%
GeForce GTX 650
211%
Radeon HD 5830
223%
Radeon HD 6790
234%
Radeon HD 4890
238%
GeForce GTX 460
247%
Radeon RX Vega 11
249%
GeForce GT 1030
252%
GeForce GTX 275
254%
Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition
255%
GeForce GTX 280
255%
GeForce GTX 465
260%
Radeon HD 6850
273%
GeForce GTX 285
278%
Radeon HD 5850
298%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti
303%
Radeon HD 7790
303%
Radeon RX 550
316%
GeForce GTX 470
317%
Radeon HD 6870
329%
Radeon HD 5870
351%
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
362%
Radeon HD 4870 X2
363%
GeForce GTX 750 Ti
370%
Radeon HD 6950
372%
GeForce GTX 295
385%
GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost
390%
Radeon HD 7850
392%
GeForce GTX 480
399%
Radeon HD 6970
418%
Radeon R7 265
426%
Radeon RX 460
433%
Radeon R7 370
433%
GeForce GTX 660
434%
GeForce GTX 570
436%
Radeon RX 560
443%
GeForce GTX 950
470%
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
474%
Radeon R9 270X
486%
GeForce GTX 660 Ti
492%
GeForce GTX 580
494%
GeForce GTX 1050
498%
Radeon HD 7950
499%
GeForce GTX 1630
509%
Radeon HD 5970
509%
GeForce GTX 760
523%
GeForce GTX 670
563%
GeForce GTX 960
578%
Radeon R9 380
593%
Radeon R9 285
596%
Radeon HD 7970
602%
GeForce GTX 680
608%
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
622%
GeForce GTX 770
639%
Radeon HD 6990
654%
Radeon R9 280X
669%
GeForce GTX 590
679%
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
679%
GeForce GTX 780
752%
Arc A380
754%
Radeon RX 6400
764%
GeForce GTX 1650
779%
Radeon RX 470
828%
Radeon R9 290
839%
Radeon RX 570
885%
Radeon R9 390
896%
Radeon R9 290X
900%
GeForce GTX 970
912%
GeForce GTX TITAN
925%
GeForce GTX 780 Ti
937%
Radeon R9 390X
950%
Radeon HD 7990
954%
Radeon RX 480
959%
GeForce GTX 690
967%
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
993%
Radeon RX 5500 OEM
1007%
Radeon RX 580
1019%
Radeon RX 5500 XT
1027%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
1036%
GeForce GTX 980
1040%
GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER
1049%
Radeon R9 FURY
1054%
Radeon RX 590
1101%
Radeon R9 295X2
1159%
GeForce GTX 1660
1165%
Radeon R9 FURY X
1179%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
1199%
GeForce GTX TITAN X
1230%
GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER
1267%
GeForce GTX 1070
1338%
GeForce GTX 1660 Ti
1338%
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
1359%
Radeon RX Vega 56
1424%
GeForce GTX 1070 Ti
1511%
Radeon RX 5600 XT
1533%
Radeon RX Vega 64
1554%
GeForce GTX 1080
1575%
GeForce RTX 2060
1575%
Radeon RX 5700
1640%
Arc A580
1644%
Radeon RX 6600
1712%
GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER
1769%
GeForce RTX 2070
1793%
Radeon RX 5700 XT
1794%
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
1829%
Arc A750
1889%
Radeon VII
1899%
TITAN X Pascal
1948%
Radeon RX 6600 XT
1968%
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
2007%
Arc A770
2027%
GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
2028%
Radeon RX 6650 XT
2134%
Radeon RX 7600
2157%
GeForce RTX 4060
2167%
GeForce RTX 2080
2182%
Radeon RX 7600 XT
2226%
GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
2287%
Arc B580
2315%
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
2343%
Radeon RX 6700 XT
2426%
Radeon RX 6750 XT
2575%
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
2603%
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
2622%
GeForce RTX 3070
2744%
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
2936%
Radeon RX 7700 XT
2967%
Radeon RX 6800
3025%
GeForce RTX 4070
3352%
Radeon RX 6800 XT
3436%
GeForce RTX 3080
3566%
Radeon RX 7800 XT
3602%
Radeon RX 6900 XT
3702%
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
3888%
Radeon RX 7900 GRE
3962%
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
3995%
Radeon RX 6950 XT
4000%
GeForce RTX 3090
4070%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
4173%
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
4559%
Radeon RX 7900 XT
4681%
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
4722%
GeForce RTX 4080
5301%
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
5380%
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
5431%
GeForce RTX 4090
6659%
Based on TPU review data: "Performance Summary" at 1920x1080, 4K for 2080 Ti and faster.
Performance estimated based on architecture, shader count and clocks.

Clock Speeds

GPU Clock
650 MHz
Memory Clock
600 MHz
1200 Mbps effective

Memory

Memory Size
1024 MB
Memory Type
GDDR3
Memory Bus
128 bit
Bandwidth
19.20 GB/s

Render Config

Shading Units
400
TMUs
20
ROPs
8
Compute Units
5
L1 Cache
8 KB (per CU)
L2 Cache
256 KB

Theoretical Performance

Pixel Rate
5.200 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
13.00 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
520.0 GFLOPS

Board Design

Slot Width
Single-slot
Length
165 mm
6.5 inches
TDP
39 W
Suggested PSU
200 W
Outputs
1x DVI
1x HDMI 1.3a
1x VGA

Graphics Features

DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL
4.4
OpenCL
1.2
Vulkan
N/A
Shader Model
5.0

Card Notes

Very Rare GPU
Specs Unknown

Redwood GPU Notes

Generation: Evergreen
Graphics/Compute: GFX4
Display Core Engine: 4.0
Unified Video Decoder: 2.3

Latest Drivers:
Windows XP / 8:
Catalyst Software Suite 14.4

Windows Vista :
Catalyst Software Suite 13.12

Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10:
Catalyst Software Suite 15.7.1 / 16.2.1 Beta
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