NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7850M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

964
Place in performance rating
562
4.34
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi 2.0
Architecture
GCN
GF119
Code name
Heathrow
Desktop
Type
Laptop
13 April 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
24 April 2012 (9 years ago)
$59
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$62 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$338
0.11
Value for money
0.42
GF119
GPU code name
Heathrow Pro
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

48
Pipelines
640
810 MHz
Core clock speed
675 MHz
292 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
29 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
40 Watt
6.5 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
27.00
155.52 gflops
Floating-point performance
864.0 gflops
102 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
48
CUDA cores
no data
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
292 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
29 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
40 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
5.7" (14.5 cm)
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
no data
Laptop size
large
16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
2.7" (6.9 cm)
Height
no data

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 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB (DDR3)
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M, the size and number of monitors.

Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
Multi monitor support
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2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M is the additional functionality.

+
CUDA
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.2
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M 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 520 or AMD Radeon HD 7850M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
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 520

Cheaper ($62 (1.1x MSRP) vs $338)

Less power consumption (29 Watt vs 40 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850M

5.03% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB (DDR3))

More memory bandwidth (64 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 or AMD Radeon HD 7850M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7850M .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 versus AMD Radeon HD 7850M performance benchmarks comparison

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