AMD Radeon 520
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon 520
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

General info

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

719
Place in performance rating
976
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Value for money (0-100)
10.45
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Fermi
Oland
Code name
GF108
Laptop
Type
Laptop
21 March 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2011 (10 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$59.99
$140
Price now
$237 (4x MSRP)
3.54
Value for money
0.02
Oland
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

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

320
Pipelines
48
1030 MHz
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
1,040 million
Transistor count
585 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
20.60
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
659.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
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CUDA cores
48
320
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
1,040 million
Number of transistors
585 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
12 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
None
Supplementary power connectors
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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 AMD Radeon 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M can be seen in this section.

DDR3, GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
2250 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

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

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
No outputs
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HDMI
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Technologies

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

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

API support

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

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

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M 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 AMD Radeon 520 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
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 AMD Radeon 520

2.37% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($140 vs $237 (4x MSRP))

More pipelines (320 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More memory bandwidth (16 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Less power consumption (12 Watt vs 50 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (1536 MB vs 2 GB)

So, AMD Radeon 520 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon 520 .

AMD Radeon 520 versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon 520
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M