AMD Radeon 520 videocard review

AMD Radeon 520

Radeon 520 videocard released by AMD; release date: 18 April 2017. The videocard is designed for desktop, laptop-computers and based on GCN 1.0 microarchitecture codenamed Oland.

Core clock speed - 1030 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1030 MHz. Texture fill rate - 20.60 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 320. Floating-point performance - 660 GFLOPs. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Transistors count - 1,040 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 50 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 4 GB. Memory bus width - 64 bit. Memory clock speed - 4500 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 48 GB/s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
864
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
202
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
26304
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
1182 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
1182.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1242 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1242.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
3351 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
3351.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 864
PassMark - G2D Mark 202
Geekbench - OpenCL 26304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1182 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 1182.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1242 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1242.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3351 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 3351.000 Fps

Games performance

Destiny 2 (2017)

Low, 1280x72017.80
Medium, 1920x10809.40

ELEX (2017)

Low, 1280x72017.30
Medium, 1920x10808.10
High, 1920x10806.60

Middle-earth: Shadow of War (2017)

Low, 1280x72022.00
Medium, 1920x108010.00
High, 1920x10807.00

FIFA 18 (2017)

Low, 1280x720102.40
Medium, 1920x108044.00
High, 1920x108035.70
Ultra, 1920x108032.60

F1 2017 (2017)

Low, 1280x72034.00
Medium, 1920x108015.00
High, 1920x108013.00

Team Fortress 2 (2017)

Low, 1280x72095.00
Medium, 1366x76887.30
High, 1920x108038.30

Dirt 4 (2017)

Low, 1280x72046.40
Medium, 1920x108016.60
High, 1920x10809.60

Rocket League (2017)

Low, 1280x72057.10
Medium, 1920x108022.20
High, 1920x108014.00

Prey (2017)

Low, 1280x72030.10
Medium, 1920x108011.30
High, 1920x10809.20

For Honor (2017)

Low, 1280x72026.30
Medium, 1920x10809.00
High, 1920x10808.70

Resident Evil 7 (2017)

Low, 1280x72040.20
Medium, 1920x108018.50
High, 1920x10808.20

Farming Simulator 17 (2016)

Low, 1280x72070.80
Medium, 1366x76847.10
High, 1920x108018.30
Ultra, 1920x10807.60

Overwatch (2016)

Low, 1280x72041.90
Medium, 1366x76833.00
High, 1920x108014.60

Ashes of the Singularity (2016)

Low, 1280x76811.60
Medium, 1920x10805.90

Far Cry Primal (2016)

Low, 1280x72021.00
Medium, 1920x10809.00
High, 1920x10808.00

Rise of the Tomb Raider (2016)

Low, 1024x76828.80
Medium, 1366x76817.15
High, 1920x10808.60
Ultra, 1920x10807.40

Rainbow Six Siege (2015)

Low, 1024x76852.00
Medium, 1366x76831.90
High, 1920x108013.80

World of Warships (2015)

Low, 1366x76853.30
Medium, 1366x76837.30
High, 1920x108018.80

Dota 2 Reborn (2015)

Low, 1280x72084.50
Medium, 1366x76845.80
High, 1920x108019.00
Ultra, 1920x108017.90

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x76829.70
Medium, 1366x76818.70
High, 1920x108010.20
Ultra, 1920x10805.80

Dirt Rally (2015)

Low, 1024x768119.70
Medium, 1366x76835.90
High, 1920x108017.60

BioShock Infinite (2013)

Low, 1280x72065.10
Medium, 1366x76836.05
High, 1366x76829.85
Ultra, 1920x10809.60

Tomb Raider (2013)

Low, 1024x76862.30
Medium, 1366x76831.80
High, 1366x76824.20
Ultra, 1920x108012.50

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x76865.90
Medium, 1366x76841.50
High, 1366x76833.70
Ultra, 1920x108021.60

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72044.80
Medium, 1366x76829.40
High, 1366x76819.80
Ultra, 1920x108010.60

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0
Code name Oland
Design Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 1st Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 1105
Type Desktop, Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 1030 MHz
Floating-point performance 660 GFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm
Pipelines 320
Pixel fill rate 4.10 GP/s
Render output units 4
Stream Processors 320
Texture fill rate 20.60 GTexel/s
Texture Units 20
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)