Radeon 520 vs GeForce 9800M GTX

Place in the ranking	1068	882
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.06	no data
Power efficiency	1.08	2.80
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code name	G92	Banks
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 July 2008 (16 years ago)	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$328.50	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	112	320
CUDA cores per GPU	112	no data
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1030 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	690 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	28.00	20.60
Floating-point processing power	0.28 TFLOPS	0.6592 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	420	no data
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	56	20

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	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	-

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1125 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	36 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 outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 (11_1)
Shader Model	4.0	5.1
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

9800M GTX 1.18

Radeon 520 2.04
+72.9%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

9800M GTX 454

Radeon 520 787
+73.3%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

9800M GTX 4825

Radeon 520 5266
+9.1%

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

8−9

−75%

14
+75%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

41.06

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−33.3%

4−5
+33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Hitman 3	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −12.5%	35−40 +12.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −66.7%	5−6 +66.7%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Hitman 3	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −63.6%	18 +63.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −12.5%	35−40 +12.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −40%	7−8 +40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%
Hitman 3	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −28.6%	18−20 +28.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +83.3%	6 −83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −12.5%	35−40 +12.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−100%

4−5
+100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	1−2
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Hitman 3	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	1−2
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6 −120%	10−12 +120%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

1−2

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	0−1	1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−50%

3−4
+50%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5

1−2

+0%

1−2

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Watch Dogs: Legion

0−1

This is how 9800M GTX and Radeon 520 compete in popular games:

Radeon 520 is 75% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the 9800M GTX is 83% faster.
in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 520 is 700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

9800M GTX is ahead in 1 test (2%)
Radeon 520 is ahead in 43 tests (88%)
there's a draw in 5 tests (10%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.18	2.04
Recency	15 July 2008	18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	50 Watt

Radeon 520 has a 72.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 132.1% more advanced lithography process, and 50% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 520 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9800M GTX in performance tests.

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