AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD Radeon R7 250 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 R7 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
919.6x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.9x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1150 MHz
3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 7533

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 8 October 2013
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 7533

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 9% better floating-point performance: 716.8 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1058 vs 862
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 284 vs 202
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2179 vs 1182
Around 84% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2179 vs 1182
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3170 vs 1242
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3170 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1058 vs 862
PassMark - G2D Mark	284 vs 202
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2179 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2179 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

862

1058

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

202

284

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26304

7533

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

2179

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

2179

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

3170

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

3170

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3356

Name	AMD Radeon 520	AMD Radeon R7 250
PassMark - G3D Mark	862	1058
PassMark - G2D Mark	202	284
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304	7533
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182	2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182	2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1242	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1242	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		96.934
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 520	AMD Radeon R7 250
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Oland	Oland
Design	Radeon 500 Series	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
GCN generation	1st Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	1104	1107
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$89
Price now		$78.34
Value for money (0-100)		27.62
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	1050 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	1030 MHz
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs	716.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	384
Pixel fill rate	4.10 GP/s
Render output units	4
Stream Processors	320	384
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s	22.4 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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	N / A
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
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)
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync