AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon 530

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD Radeon 530 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 1024 MHz
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 1024 MHz
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 202 vs 176
  • 5.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 5009
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1030 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Boost clock speed 1030 MHz vs 1024 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 202 vs 176
Geekbench - OpenCL 26304 vs 5009

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

  • Around 19% higher texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 20.60 GTexel/s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 21% better floating-point performance: 800 GFLOPs vs 660 GFLOPs
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1026 vs 864
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2021 vs 1182
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2021 vs 1182
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2246 vs 1242
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2246 vs 1242
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 24.58 GTexel/s vs 20.60 GTexel/s
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Floating-point performance 800 GFLOPs vs 660 GFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1026 vs 864
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2021 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2021 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2246 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2246 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 530

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
864
1026
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
202
176
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
26304
5009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1182
2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1182
2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
2246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3355
Name AMD Radeon 520 AMD Radeon 530
PassMark - G3D Mark 864 1026
PassMark - G2D Mark 202 176
Geekbench - OpenCL 26304 5009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1182 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1182 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1242 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1242 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 520 AMD Radeon 530

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN
Code name Oland Meso
Design Radeon 500 Series Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 1st Gen 3rd Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 18 April 2017
Place in performance rating 1105 1106
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop, Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz 1024 MHz
Compute units 5 6
Core clock speed 1030 MHz 1024 MHz
Floating-point performance 660 GFLOPs 800 GFLOPs
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 384
Pixel fill rate 4.10 GP/s 8.20 GP/s
Render output units 4 8
Stream Processors 320 320/384
Texture fill rate 20.60 GTexel/s 24.58 GTexel/s
Texture Units 20 20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

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

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 48 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3/GDDR5
Shared memory 0 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)