Radeon Pro V520 vs GeForce 8700M GT SLI

Place in the ranking	1142	170
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	0.98	10.17
Architecture	G8x (2007)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	NB8E-SE	Navi 12
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	18 September 2007 (17 years ago)	1 December 2020 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	64	2304
Core clock speed	625 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1600 MHz
Number of transistors	578 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	80 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	230.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	7.373 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	64
TMUs	no data	144

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR3	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	10	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	no data	6.5
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	2.2
Vulkan	-	1.2

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−3900%

120−130

+3900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −3900%	200−210 +3900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −3900%	200−210 +3900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −3650%	450−500 +3650%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −3900%	240−250 +3900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −3771%	1200−1250 +3771%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −3900%	200−210 +3900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −3900%	200−210 +3900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −3650%	450−500 +3650%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −3900%	240−250 +3900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −3900%	400−450 +3900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −3771%	1200−1250 +3771%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −3900%	200−210 +3900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 −3900%	200−210 +3900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −3650%	450−500 +3650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −3900%	240−250 +3900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −3900%	400−450 +3900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −3771%	1200−1250 +3771%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Hitman 3	7−8 −3900%	280−290 +3900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −3900%	160−170 +3900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −3900%	80−85 +3900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
−3900%

120−130

+3900%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −3900%	40−45 +3900%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−3900%

80−85
+3900%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.79	31.77
Recency	18 September 2007	1 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	80 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	225 Watt

8700M GT SLI has 287.9% lower power consumption.

Pro V520, on the other hand, has a 3921.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 13 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1042.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro V520 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8700M GT SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce 8700M GT SLI is a notebook card while Radeon Pro V520 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.