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NVIDIA GeForce GT 530

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 is a graphics card released on May 14, 2011, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 96 shading units, 2 GB of DDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus, 28.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 700 MHz and a 50 W board power rating. It scores 653 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

FermiGF108-200-A1

9/10 key specs recorded · 27 facts

Depth: 39 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

96cores

Memory

2 GB

DDR3 · 128-bit

Boost clock

n/a

700 MHz base

Board power

50 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 scores 653 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 44.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,685), measured across 523 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 241.

PassMark G3D Mark

653

Rank #1,685
Faster than 44.1% of 2,658 GPUs
523 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 16 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 31.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 18.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 3.2% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 299 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 13.9% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 averages DirectX 9 16 fps, DirectX 10 2 fps, DirectX 11 6 fps, DirectX 12 2 fps and GPU Compute 299 ops/s, across 523 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 700 MHz

Memory clock 1800 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 50 W

First benchmarked 2011-06-19

Samples 523

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 700 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2011-06-19. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Fermi

Codename GF108-200-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 585 M

Die size 116 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 is based on the Fermi architecture, uses the GF108-200-A1 graphics processor, contains 585 million transistors and has a die size of 116 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 96

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 16

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 has 96 shading units, 16 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530.

Clock speeds

Base clock 700 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 runs at a base clock of 700 MHz.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type DDR3

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 28.8 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 is equipped with 2 GB of DDR3 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 28.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 has a board power rating of 50 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 50 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched May 14, 2011

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GT 500 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 was released on May 14, 2011.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 653

PassMark G2D 241

Rank #1,685

Samples 523

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 has 2 GB of DDR3 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 28.8 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 has a board power rating of 50 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 530?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 scores 653 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 44.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,685. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 2 fps.