AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 520

AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 1000 MHz
257.5x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 225 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 5 March 2012
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s vs 80 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 225 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1200 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 320
3.9x better floating-point performance: 2,560 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
5.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4604 vs 865
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 586 vs 203
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 77430 vs 26304
5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 6821 vs 1182
5.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 6821 vs 1182
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3716 vs 1242
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3716 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 320
Floating-point performance	2,560 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	4604 vs 865
PassMark - G2D Mark	586 vs 203
Geekbench - OpenCL	77430 vs 26304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	6821 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	6821 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3716 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3716 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

865

4604

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

203

586

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26304

77430

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

6821

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

6821

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

3716

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3358

Name	AMD Radeon 520	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	865	4604
PassMark - G2D Mark	203	586
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304	77430
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182	6821
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1242	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1242	3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		952.668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.68
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		64.456
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		294.215
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1651

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 520	AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Oland	Pitcairn
Design	Radeon 500 Series	AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series
GCN generation	1st Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	5 March 2012
Place in performance rating	1109	463
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	1000 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	1030 MHz
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs	2,560 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	1280
Pixel fill rate	4.10 GP/s
Render output units	4
Stream Processors	320	1024
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s	80 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	225 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Eyefinity
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 6-pin
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
Length		241 mm
API support
DirectX	12	11
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	153.6 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	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)
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
FreeSync