NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6480G

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

976
Place in performance rating
991
10.45
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi
Architecture
Terascale 2
GF108
Code name
Llano
Laptop
Type
Laptop
5 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
15 June 2011 (10 years ago)
$59.99
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$237 (4x MSRP)
Price now
$362
0.02
Value for money
0.01
N12P-GP/LV
GPU code name
Llano
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

48
Pipelines
240
740 / 600 MHz
Core clock speed
444 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
1000 Million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
32 nm
12 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
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5.9 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
4.744
129.02 gflops
Floating-point performance
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48
CUDA cores
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48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
585 million
Number of transistors
1000 Million
12 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
35 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
IGP

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
System Shared
1536 MB
Maximum RAM amount
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64 Bit
Memory bus width
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800 MHz
Memory clock speed
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12.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
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-
Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
Verde Drivers
no data
+
DirectCompute
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 API
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
4.5
OpenGL
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N/A
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M or AMD Radeon HD 6480G good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Cheaper ($237 (4x MSRP) vs $362)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6480G

More pipelines (240 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (32 nm vs 40 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M or AMD Radeon HD 6480G?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M versus AMD Radeon HD 6480G performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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