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 74% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 860 vs 493
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 206 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 860 vs 493
PassMark - G2D Mark 206 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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
860
493
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
206
154
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
26304
14165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1182
972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1182
16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
2979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
2979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3165
Name AMD Radeon 520 AMD Radeon R5 M420
PassMark - G3D Mark 860 493
PassMark - G2D Mark 206 154
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

Essentials

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 1098 1113
Type Desktop, Laptop Laptop

Technical info

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

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

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL 2.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

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

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)