Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3 vs ATI HD 5570

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1038not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.28no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 2 (2009−2015)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameRedwoodBanks
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 February 2010 (14 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 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 cores400320
Core clock speed650 MHz1030 MHz
Number of transistors627 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)39 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate13.0020.60
Floating-point processing power0.52 TFLOPS0.6592 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs2020

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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length165 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s16 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGAPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.06.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
VulkanN/A1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 February 2010 18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 39 Watt 50 Watt

ATI HD 5570 has 28.2% lower power consumption.

520 Mobile DDR3, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 5570 and Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 5570 is a desktop card while Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3 is a notebook one.


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ATI Radeon HD 5570
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