AMD Radeon HD 7520G
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270
AMD Radeon HD 7520G
VS
AMD Radeon R9 270

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7520G and AMD Radeon R9 270. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

953
Place in performance rating
286
Terascale 3
Architecture
GCN 1.0
Trinity
Code name
Curacao
Laptop
Type
Desktop
1 June 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
13 November 2013 (8 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$179
$90
Price now
$269 (1.5x MSRP)
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Design
reference
0.09
Value for money
6.20
Trinity
GPU code name
Curacao
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon HD 7520G and AMD Radeon R9 270 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
1280
497 MHz
Core clock speed
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686 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
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Transistor count
2,800 million
32 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
150 Watt
8.220
Texture fill rate
74.00
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Floating-point performance
2,368 gflops
192
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
686 MHz
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
1,303 million
Number of transistors
2,800 million
35 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
150 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon HD 7520G and AMD Radeon R9 270.

IGP
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
210 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1 x 6-pin
medium sized
Laptop size
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0

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 HD 7520G and AMD Radeon R9 270 can be seen in this section.

System Shared
Memory type
GDDR5
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Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
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Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory bandwidth
179.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon HD 7520G and AMD Radeon R9 270, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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Eyefinity
1
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HDMI
+
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DisplayPort support
+

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon HD 7520G and AMD Radeon R9 270 is the additional functionality.

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AppAcceleration
-
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CrossFire
1
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FreeSync
1
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HD3D
+
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LiquidVR
1
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PowerTune
-
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TressFX
1
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TrueAudio
+
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ZeroCore
-
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DDMA audio
+
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Enduro
-
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UVD
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon HD 7520G and AMD Radeon R9 270. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
DirectX
DirectX® 12
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OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
+
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.2
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Mantle
-

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 7520G and AMD Radeon R9 270 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 HD 7520G or AMD Radeon R9 270 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7520G
AMD Radeon R9 270
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7520G
AMD Radeon R9 270
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7520G
AMD Radeon R9 270
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7520G
AMD Radeon R9 270
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 7520G
AMD Radeon R9 270
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 HD 7520G

Cheaper ($90 vs $269 (1.5x MSRP))

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 270

18.06% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 192)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 32 nm)

So, AMD Radeon HD 7520G or AMD Radeon R9 270?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 270 .

AMD Radeon HD 7520G versus AMD Radeon R9 270 performance benchmarks comparison

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