ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 vs GeForce GT 520M

Place in the ranking	1156	728
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	0.13
Power efficiency	4.30	0.83
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GF108	R700
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	5 January 2011 (13 years ago)	12 August 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99	$550

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

ATI HD 4870 X2 has 1200% better value for money than GT 520M.

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	48	800
Core clock speed	600 MHz	700 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	286 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.800	28.00
Floating-point processing power	0.1152 TFLOPS	1.12 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	16
TMUs	8	40

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin + 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	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	115.2 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

Portable Device Dependent

2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
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.

GT 520M 0.74

ATI HD 4870 X2 3.39
+358%

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 520M 285

ATI HD 4870 X2 1309
+359%

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:

900p	8 −338%	35−40 +338%
Full HD	12 −317%	50−55 +317%
1200p	7 −329%	30−35 +329%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

5.00

11.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−300%

12−14

+300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Hitman 3	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −352%	140−150 +352%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Hitman 3	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −350%	45−50 +350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −352%	140−150 +352%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Hitman 3	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −350%	45−50 +350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −352%	140−150 +352%

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 −300%	4−5 +300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Hitman 3	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −300%	12−14 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%