3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP vs Radeon 520

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking878not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.84no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Voodoo Scalable (2000)
GPU code nameBanksVSA-101
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)no data (2024 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 cores320no data
Core clock speed1030 MHz143 MHz
Number of transistors690 million14 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm180 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate20.600.29
Floating-point processing power0.6592 TFLOPSno data
ROPs82
TMUs202

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8AGP 4x
Widthno data1-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 typeGDDR5DDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz143 MHz
Memory bandwidth36 GB/s2.288 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 outputs1x DVI, 1x VGA

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)6.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 180 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 15 Watt

Radeon 520 has a 12700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP, on the other hand, has 233.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 520 and 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 520 is a notebook card while 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP is a desktop one.


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

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon 520
Radeon 520
3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP
3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3 334 votes

Rate Radeon 520 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
4.4 7 votes

Rate 3dfx Voodoo4-2 4200 AGP on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.