ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530

The ATI Mobilty Radeon HD 4530 by AMD is a DirectX 10.1 low-end notebook graphics adapter. Technically it lies between Mobility Radeon 4330 and 4570 (only the clock rate differentiates them).

The gaming performance of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD4530 lies under the desktop 4350 and therefore DirecX 9 games should run fluent in medium detail settings. Demanding games like Crysis can only be played in low detail settings.

The Mobility HD 4530 is based on the RV710 chip and features 80 stream processors (16 5-dimensional shader cores). These cores do the graphic work of the shader- and pixel pipelines of older GPUs. The stream processors are also called ALUs and are grouped in five-way VLIW units. Each of the five instructions of a VLIW bundle has to be independent from the others and therefore the performance depends on the optimization of the driver.

A speciality of the Radeon HD 4530 is the possibility to use ordinary DDR2 and DDR3 graphic memory (as a cheaper alternative to GDDR3). However, cards that use that kind of memory will be slower than others equipped with GDDR RAM (because of the different bandwidth 16 versus 32 bit).

The Mobility Radeon HD 4530 includes the Avivo HD called video technology including an onboard soundchip for 7.1 sound output over HDMI or DisplayPort and the 2nd generation UVD (Unified Video Decoder). This UVD 2 supports full bitstream decoding of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1 streams. In addition to this, it also supports dual video stream decoding and Picture-in Picture mode which makes the UVD full BD-Live compliant. Simplified, the Avivo HD technology handles all video tasks and enables the GPU to decode HD videos.

AMD published a current consumtion of about 8-12 Watt for the HD 4530. Still it is unclear if this value represents the chip alone or the whole mxm board including the memory (which would include about 5 Watt).

Compared to the desktop ATI Radeon HD 4350, the mobile 4530 features a slower core clock (600 versus 500) but can have a higher memory clock. Therefore, the performance should be more or less comparable (the mobile card will be a bit slower).

ManufacturerATI
Mobility Radeon HD 4300/4500 Series

Mobility Radeon HD 4570 80@680MHz

Mobility Radeon HD 4550 80@550MHz

Mobility Radeon HD 4530 80@500MHz

Mobility Radeon HD 4350 80@450MHz

CodenameM92
Pipelines80 - unified
Core Speed *500 MHz
Shader Speed *500 MHz
Memory Speed *700 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Transistors242 Million
technology55 nm
FeaturesOpenGL 2.0, PCI-E 2.0 x16, Powerplay, DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600, HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio), 1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI, 1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
Notebook Sizesmall and light
Date of Announcement09.01.2009
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://ati.amd.com/products/MobilityRade...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

Benchmarks

3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 8597     avg: 8597 (8%)     max: 8597 Points
3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 6064     avg: 6140.5 (19%)     max: 6217 Points
3DMark 06
0% 100%
min: 1638     avg: 2752 (11%)     max: 3254 Points
PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
0% 100%
min: 2316     avg: 2316 (11%)     max: 2316 Points
Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
0% 100%
min: 2667     avg: 3252.3 (30%)     max: 3649 Points
3DMark Vantage - P Result no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 708     avg: 708 (2%)     max: 708 Points
3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%
min: 560     avg: 560 (2%)     max: 560 Points
- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

F.E.A.R. 2
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009)
low:
79.8  fps      Compare
med.:
29.7  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Racedriver: GRID
Racedriver: GRID (2008)
low:
41  fps      Compare
med.:
26.6  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Trackmania Nations Forever (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)
low:
73.3  fps      Compare
med.:
30.6  fps      Compare
high:
20.9  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Supreme Commander - FA Bench
Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
med.:
17.2  fps      Compare
» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
44.9  fps      Compare
med.:
18.3  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
44.3  fps      Compare
med.:
14.4  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft (2005)
low:
137.9  fps      Compare
med.:
45.7  fps      Compare
high:
11  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
Counter-Strike Source (2004): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Doom 3
Doom 3 (2004)
low:
57.6  fps      Compare
med.:
57.4  fps      Compare
high:
57.4  fps      Compare
ultra:
52.8  fps      Compare
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings ultra.
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

Notebook reviews with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530 graphics card

Dell Studio 1458 (Intel Core i5 430M, 14.0")
» Dell Studio 1458 - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6-1130sa (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 15.6")
» HP Pavilion dv6-1130sa - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6-1149eg (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 15.6")
» HP Pavilion dv6-1149eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6-1199eg (AMD Turion X2 RM-75, 15.6")
» Review HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook - Review
» HP Pavilion dv6-1199eg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6-1225ef (AMD Turion X2 RM-75, 15.6")
» HP Pavilion dv6-1225ef - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6-1240ea (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 15.6")
» HP Pavilion dv6-1240ea - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6-2010sg (AMD Athlon II M300, 15.6")
» HP Pavilion dv6-2010sg - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6-2113sa (AMD Turion II Ultra M620, 15.6")
» HP Pavilion dv6-2113sa - External Review

HP Pavilion dv6t (Intel Core 2 Duo T6600, 16.0")
» HP Pavilion dv6t - External Review

HP Pavilion dv7-2045ea (AMD Turion X2 Ultra ZM-84, 17.3")
» HP Pavilion dv7-2045ea - External Review

HP Pavilion dv7-2215SA (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4300, 17.3")
» HP Pavilion dv7-2215SA - External Review

HP Probook 4321s (Intel Core i5 520M, 13.3")
» HP Probook 4321s - External Review

HP ProBook 4720s (Intel Core i5 430M, 17.3")
» HP ProBook 4720s - External Review

Medion S5611 (Intel Celeron Dual-Core SU2300, 15.6")
» Medion S5611 - External Review

Medion S5612 (Intel Pentium Dual Core SU4100, 15.6")
» Medion Akoya S5612 - External Review

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» Benchmark List
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Class 1
GeForce GTX 590
GeForce GTX 580
Radeon HD 6970
GeForce GTX 570
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Radeon HD 6870
GeForce GTX 470
Radeon HD 5850
GeForce GTX 460 768MB
Radeon HD 6790
Radeon HD 5770
GeForce GTX 550 Ti
GeForce GTS 450
Radeon HD 4850
Radeon HD 5670
Class 2
GeForce GT 240
GeForce GT 430
7590M *
Radeon HD 5570
Radeon HD 6550D *
GeForce GT 220
Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
Class 3
Radeon HD 4350
GeForce G 107M *
Chrome9HD *
Class 4
Class 5
Class 6
SGX543MP2 *
Mali-400 MP *
PowerVR SGX540 *
PowerVR SGX535
unknown *

* Approximate position of the graphics adapter

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Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2012-01-25)