GeForce GT 520M vs Radeon RX 580 Mobile

Place in the ranking	281	1156
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.15	0.01
Power efficiency	13.58	4.26
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Polaris 20	GF108
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)	5 January 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$301.69	$59.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 580 Mobile has 241400% 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	2304	48
Core clock speed	1000 MHz	600 MHz
Boost clock speed	1077 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	5,700 million	585 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	12 Watt
Texture fill rate	155.1	4.800
Floating-point processing power	4.963 TFLOPS	0.1152 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	4
TMUs	144	8

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 size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	12.8 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

No outputs

Portable Device Dependent

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 (12_0)	12 API
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	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.

RX 580 Mobile 19.64
+2554%

GT 520M 0.74

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RX 580 Mobile 15223
+2932%

GT 520M 502

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	210−220 +2525%	8 −2525%
Full HD	75 +525%	12 −525%
1200p	180−190 +2471%	7 −2471%
4K	31 +3000%	1−2 −3000%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	4.02	5.00
4K	9.73	59.99

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35
+1000%

3−4

−1000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +820%	5−6 −820%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +3400%	1−2 −3400%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +3300%	2−3 −3300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +1300%	3−4 −1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +1000%	3−4 −1000%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +4700%	1−2 −4700%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +5400%	1−2 −5400%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +3050%	4−5 −3050%
Hitman 3	40−45 +700%	5−6 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +800%	10−12 −800%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +3450%	2−3 −3450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +1033%	6−7 −1033%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +200%	30−35 −200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +820%	5−6 −820%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +3400%	1−2 −3400%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +3300%	2−3 −3300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +1300%	3−4 −1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +1000%	3−4 −1000%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +4700%	1−2 −4700%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 +5400%	1−2 −5400%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +3050%	4−5 −3050%
Hitman 3	40−45 +700%	5−6 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +800%	10−12 −800%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +3450%	2−3 −3450%
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +1033%	6−7 −1033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 +360%	10−11 −360%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +200%	30−35 −200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	45−50 +820%	5−6 −820%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +3400%	1−2 −3400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 +1300%	3−4 −1300%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 +1000%	3−4 −1000%
Far Cry 5	45−50 +4700%	1−2 −4700%
Forza Horizon 4	120−130 +3050%	4−5 −3050%
Hitman 3	40−45 +700%	5−6 −700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +800%	10−12 −800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	65−70 +1033%	6−7 −1033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37 +270%	10−11 −270%
Watch Dogs: Legion	90−95 +200%	30−35 −200%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

55−60

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	30−35 +3000%	1−2 −3000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	21−24	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	18−20	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Far Cry 5	24−27 +2300%	1−2 −2300%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +2775%	4−5 −2775%
Hitman 3	24−27 +300%	6−7 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 +1300%	3−4 −1300%
Metro Exodus	35−40 +3700%	1−2 −3700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	40−45 +4100%	1−2 −4100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +5950%	2−3 −5950%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
+1033%

3−4

−1033%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	20−22	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18	0−1
Hitman 3	16−18	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	100−110 +2575%	4−5 −2575%
Metro Exodus	21−24	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−12	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5	0−1
Far Cry 5	10−12	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +2700%	1−2 −2700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20
+800%

2−3

−800%

This is how RX 580 Mobile and GT 520M compete in popular games:

RX 580 Mobile is 2525% faster in 900p
RX 580 Mobile is 525% faster in 1080p
RX 580 Mobile is 2471% faster in 1200p
RX 580 Mobile is 3000% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 580 Mobile is 5950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RX 580 Mobile surpassed GT 520M in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	19.64	0.74
Recency	18 April 2017	5 January 2011
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	12 Watt

RX 580 Mobile has a 2554.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.

GT 520M, on the other hand, has 733.3% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 580 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 520M in performance tests.

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