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Radeon 530: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide

Radeon 530 — 16 games benchmarked at 1080p, 3 models in the catalog.

Radeon 530 — 16 games benchmarked at 1080p , 3 laptop models in the used-laptop catalog . This guide covers what the chip delivers in games, where it sits among mobile GPUs in 2026, and which laptops carry it.

The Radeon 530 is AMD's 2017 entry discrete GPU — third-generation GCN silicon (codename Weston) shipped into budget consumer laptops. This guide covers its 16 benchmarked games at 1080p on the high preset and the 3 catalog models that carry it.

Where the Radeon 530 sits in 2026

A catalog score of 13.9 ranks it 236th of 341 — the bottom third. The neighbors: the Quadro K4100M (14.6), Vega 10 Compute (14.2) and UHD Graphics (14.1) above; the R7-M445 (13.8), Iris Graphics 550 (13.8) and Iris Plus (12.8) below. The 530 ranks among 2013-2015 professional entry cards and ordinary integrated graphics — the entry-discrete tier has simply been absorbed.

What the chip brings

GCN 3.0 architecture on 28nm: 384 stream processors at up to 891MHz, a nominal 4GB of DDR3 or GDDR5 on a 64-bit bus — the DDR3 variants deliver just 28GB/s of bandwidth — a 50W envelope and 0.79 teraflops. Public benchmarks: PassMark 1032, Time Spy 443, Fire Strike 1542, OpenCL compute 5015. The memory lottery is the chip's defining trait: GDDR5 samples feel notably quicker than DDR3 ones.

FPS in games at 1080p

At the high preset: Valorant at 40, DOTA 2 and Fortnite at 30 each, Forza Horizon 4 at 20, Battlefield 5 at 14, The Witcher 3 at 11, Far Cry 5 at 10, Counter-Strike 2 at 7, Forza Horizon 5 at 6, Cyberpunk 2077 at 5, the Resident Evil 4 remake at 2. The capped legacy titles (240/140) aside, this is a low-settings-720p card for a handful of older games.

Laptops that carry it

Three listings, all budget consumer machines: Dell Inspiron 5570 (2017) at $269, Lenovo IdeaPad 330-17IKB (2017) at $242 and IdeaPad 320-15IAP at $132. Fleet medians: best-CPU 38.4, gaming index 27, energy efficiency 60 — entry platforms with the graphics median equal to this chip. At $132-269 the fleet defines the bottom of the used-laptop market.

Bottom line

The Radeon 530 is a spec-sheet GPU: discrete-badge appeal, entry-iGPU performance. Its machines are cheap and fine for office and media use — the $132 IdeaPad is among the lowest-priced listings in the catalog — but gaming expectations should follow the table above, not the marketing of the era. Valorant on low at 720p is the realistic ceiling.

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Radeon 530 at a glance

Catalog score
13.9
#236 of 341 mobile GPUs
Games @ 1080p
16
Laptops
3
models in the catalog
Released
2017
VRAM
4 GB DDR3/GDDR5
Memory bus
64-bit
Bandwidth
28 GB/s
Shader cores
384
Boost clock
0.9 GHz
TDP
50 W
Process
28 nm
FP32
0.8 TFLOPS
Architecture
GCN 3.0
Codename
Weston
PassMark: 1,032 3DMark Time Spy: 443 3DMark Fire Strike: 1,542 GeekBench OpenCL: 5,015

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).

🎮 Radeon 530 — game FPS at 1080p

Average FPS per game, high quality preset.

Game FPS (1080p) Verdict
Overwatch 240 ✓ Comfortable
PUBG: Battlegrounds 140 ✓ Comfortable
Valorant 40 ⚠ Playable
Dota 2 30 ⚠ Playable
Fortnite 30 ⚠ Playable
Forza Horizon 4 20 ✗ Low
Battlefield 5 14 ✗ Low
Far Cry 5 10 ✗ Low
Forza Horizon 5 6 ✗ Low
Cyberpunk 2077 5 ✗ Low
Metro Exodus 4 ✗ Low
Resident Evil 4 Remake 2 ✗ Low
CS:GO 240 ✓ Comfortable
GTA V 140 ✓ Comfortable
The Witcher 3 11 ✗ Low
Counter-Strike 2 7 ✗ Low
16 benchmarked games — full spec page. Verdicts: ✓ comfortable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ playable (30–59), ✗ low (<30). "~" marks estimated values.

Laptops with the Radeon 530

3 matched models — newest first. Names link to the full review.

Model Year Class Price
Inspiron 5570 2017 Laptop $269
IdeaPad 330-17IKB 2017 Laptop $242
IdeaPad 320-15IAP Laptop $132

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