AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon R5 A330

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD Radeon R5 A330 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).

AMD Radeon 520

AMD Radeon R5 A330

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
1000x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 31% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 20041

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 21 October 2015
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs vs 659.2 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 20041

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 A330

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26304

20041

Name	AMD Radeon 520	AMD Radeon R5 A330
PassMark - G3D Mark	860
PassMark - G2D Mark	206
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304	20041
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 520	AMD Radeon R5 A330
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Oland	Exo
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	1st Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	21 October 2015
Place in performance rating	1098	1101
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	1030 MHz
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	320
Pixel fill rate	4.10 GP/s
Render output units	4
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s	20.6 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
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	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
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)