Radeon HD 6520G vs GeForce GT 220M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated1143
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.52
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG96CSumo
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)7 December 2011 (12 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 cores32320
Core clock speed500 MHz400 MHz
Number of transistors314 million1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate8.0006.400
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS0.256 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs1616

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).

InterfaceMXM-IIIGP
Widthno dataIGP

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 typeGDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount512 MBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed800 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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.

GT 220M 121
HD 6520G 299
+147%

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.

GT 220M 1378
HD 6520G 1678
+21.8%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 June 2009 7 December 2011
Chip lithography 55 nm 32 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 35 Watt

GT 220M has 150% lower power consumption.

HD 6520G, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 71.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 220M and Radeon HD 6520G. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 220M is a notebook card while Radeon HD 6520G is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
GeForce GT 220M
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
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Community ratings

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