Radeon R5 240 OEM vs GeForce GT 520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1145not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency1.91no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameGF119Oland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 April 2011 (13 years ago)1 November 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores48384
Core clock speed810 MHz730 MHz
Boost clock speedno data780 MHz
Number of transistors292 million950 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature102 °Cno data
Texture fill rate6.48018.72
Floating-point processing power0.1555 TFLOPS0.599 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs824

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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mm168 mm
Height2.7" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB (DDR3)2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz (DDR3)900 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s14.4 GB/s

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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 April 2011 1 November 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB (DDR3) 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 50 Watt

GT 520 has 72.4% lower power consumption.

R5 240 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520 and Radeon R5 240 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.


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