AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon R7 350

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD Radeon R7 350 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 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
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 3.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 7719
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 6 July 2016
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 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 26304 vs 7719

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 350

  • Around 60% higher pipelines: 512 vs 320
  • Around 24% better floating-point performance: 819.2 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2072 vs 1182
  • Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2072 vs 1182
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3122 vs 1242
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3122 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) 2072 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2072 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3122 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3122 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 350

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
26304
7719
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1182
2072
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1182
2072
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
3122
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3358
Name AMD Radeon 520 AMD Radeon R7 350
PassMark - G3D Mark 862
PassMark - G2D Mark 202
Geekbench - OpenCL 26304 7719
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1182 2072
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1182 2072
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1242 3122
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1242 3122
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.507
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 647.813
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.719
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 44.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 109.558

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 520 AMD Radeon R7 350

Essentials

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 6 July 2016
Place in performance rating 1119 1121
Type Desktop, Laptop Desktop

Technical info

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

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Length 168 mm

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_1)
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 4500 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
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)