AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon R5 M330

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD Radeon R5 M330 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 955 MHz
  • 1000x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
  • 4.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 865 vs 596
  • 4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 5874
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1182 vs 1155
  • Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1182 vs 1155
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 2691
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 2691
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1030 MHz vs 955 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.60 GTexel/s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 660 GFLOPs vs 659.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 865 vs 596
Geekbench - OpenCL 26304 vs 5874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1182 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1182 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 2691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 2691

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M330

  • 2.8x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 519 vs 203
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1850 vs 1242
  • Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1850 vs 1242
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 519 vs 203
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1850 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1850 vs 1242

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M330

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
865
596
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
203
519
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
26304
5874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1182
1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1182
1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
1850
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
2691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
2691
Name AMD Radeon 520 AMD Radeon R5 M330
PassMark - G3D Mark 865 596
PassMark - G2D Mark 203 519
Geekbench - OpenCL 26304 5874
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1182 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1182 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1242 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1242 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 2691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 2691
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.096

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 520 AMD Radeon R5 M330

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Oland Exo
Design Radeon 500 Series AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
GCN generation 1st Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 1109 926
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz 1030 MHz
Compute units 5 5
Core clock speed 1030 MHz 955 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 18 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
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12 12
OpenCL 2.0 Not Listed
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan
Mantle

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 48 GB/s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 bit
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz 1000 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
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)
HD3D
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore