ROG Ally Extreme GPU vs Radeon HD 7520G

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1140not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.63no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameScrapperPhoenix
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 June 2012 (12 years ago)13 June 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

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 cores192768
Core clock speed496 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed685 MHz2700 MHz
Number of transistors1,303 million25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate8.220129.6
Floating-point processing power0.263 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs1248
Ray Tracing Coresno data12

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceIGPno data
Lengthno data280 mm
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedLPDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared16 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1600 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data51.2 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 USB Type-C

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.22.1
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2012 13 June 2023
Chip lithography 32 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 30 Watt

ROG Ally Extreme GPU has an age advantage of 11 years, a 700% more advanced lithography process, and 16.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7520G and ROG Ally Extreme GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7520G is a notebook card while ROG Ally Extreme GPU is a desktop one.


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