GeForce GT 520 vs Radeon R5 Graphics

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated1145
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Power efficiencyno data1.91
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameSpectre SLGF119
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date17 September 2014 (10 years ago)13 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$59

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 cores25648
Core clock speed497 MHz810 MHz
Boost clock speed720 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,410 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data102 °C
Texture fill rate7.9526.480
Floating-point processing power0.2545 TFLOPS0.1555 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs168

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 supportno data16x PCI-E 2.0
InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Heightno data2.7" (6.9 cm)
WidthIGP1-slot
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 SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputsDual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model6.05.1
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL2.01.1
Vulkan1.2.131N/A
CUDA-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 September 2014 13 April 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 29 Watt

R5 Graphics has an age advantage of 3 years, a 42.9% more advanced lithography process, and 93.3% lower power consumption.

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


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