AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon R7 250E
Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD Radeon R7 250E 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520
- Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 800 MHz
- 804.7x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 25.6 GTexel / s
- Around 10% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 55 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 vs 20 December 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 1030 MHz vs 800 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 20.60 GTexel/s vs 25.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 55 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 4 GB vs 1 GB |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250E
- Around 60% higher pipelines: 512 vs 320
- Around 24% better floating-point performance: 819.2 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2873 vs 1182
- 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2873 vs 1182
- 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3698 vs 1242
- 3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3698 vs 1242
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Pipelines | 512 vs 320 |
| Floating-point performance | 819.2 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 2873 vs 1182 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 2873 vs 1182 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3698 vs 1242 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3698 vs 1242 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3355 vs 3351 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3355 vs 3351 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 250E
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| Name | AMD Radeon 520 | AMD Radeon R7 250E |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 860 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 206 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 26304 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1182 | 2873 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1182 | 2873 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1242 | 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1242 | 3698 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 | 3355 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 | 3355 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 21.562 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 582.073 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 2.2 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 38.669 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 98.052 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Radeon 520 | AMD Radeon R7 250E | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | GCN 1.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | Oland | Cape Verde |
| Design | Radeon 500 Series | |
| GCN generation | 1st Gen | |
| Launch date | 18 April 2017 | 20 December 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 1098 | 1067 |
| Type | Desktop, Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $109 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1030 MHz | |
| Compute units | 5 | |
| Core clock speed | 1030 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 660 GFLOPs | 819.2 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 320 | 512 |
| Pixel fill rate | 4.10 GP/s | |
| Render output units | 4 | |
| Stream Processors | 320 | |
| Texture fill rate | 20.60 GTexel/s | 25.6 GTexel / s |
| Texture Units | 20 | |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt | 55 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,040 million | 1,500 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
| Length | 168 mm | |
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 | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 48 GB/s | 72 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 4500 MHz | 4500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| 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) | ||
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