AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon R5 M420
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD Radeon R5 M420 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520
- Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
- Around 32% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 780 MHz
- Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 850 MHz
- 1204.7x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
- Around 21% better floating-point performance: 660 GFLOPs vs 547.2 gflops
- 2.3x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 2000 MHz
- Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 862 vs 487
- Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 202 vs 154
- Around 86% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 14165
- Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1182 vs 972
- 71.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1182 vs 16.5
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3165
- Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3165
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 15 May 2016 |
| Core clock speed | 1030 MHz vs 780 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1030 MHz vs 850 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 20.60 GTexel/s vs 17.1 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 660 GFLOPs vs 547.2 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz vs 2000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 862 vs 487 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 202 vs 154 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 26304 vs 14165 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1182 vs 972 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1182 vs 16.5 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 vs 3165 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 vs 3165 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2979 vs 1242
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2979 vs 1242
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2979 vs 1242 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2979 vs 1242 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M420
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| Name | AMD Radeon 520 | AMD Radeon R5 M420 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 862 | 487 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 202 | 154 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 26304 | 14165 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1182 | 972 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1182 | 16.5 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1242 | 2979 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1242 | 2979 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 | 3165 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 | 3165 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon 520 | AMD Radeon R5 M420 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Oland | Jet |
| Design | Radeon 500 Series | |
| GCN generation | 1st Gen | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 | 15 May 2016 |
| Place in performance rating | 1119 | 1122 |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | Laptop |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1030 MHz | 850 MHz |
| Compute units | 5 | |
| Core clock speed | 1030 MHz | 780 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 660 GFLOPs | 547.2 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 | 17.1 GTexel / s |
| Texture Units | 20 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 1,040 million | 1,040 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | No outputs |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 | 12.0 (11_1) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 48 GB/s | 16 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
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| DualGraphics | ||
| Enduro | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
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| PowerTune | ||
| TressFX | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
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