AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon R7 M440

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD Radeon R7 M440 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 1% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 1021 MHz
  • 1008.8x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 20.42 GTexel / s
  • Around 1% better floating-point performance: 660 GFLOPs vs 653.4 gflops
  • 2.3x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 2000 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 206 vs 174
  • 4.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 5598
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 2537
  • Around 32% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 2537
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed 1030 MHz vs 1021 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.60 GTexel/s vs 20.42 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 660 GFLOPs vs 653.4 gflops
Memory clock speed 4500 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 206 vs 174
Geekbench - OpenCL 26304 vs 5598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 vs 2537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 vs 2537

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M440

  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 906 vs 860
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1935 vs 1182
  • Around 64% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1935 vs 1182
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2067 vs 1242
  • Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2067 vs 1242
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 906 vs 860
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1935 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1935 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2067 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2067 vs 1242

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M440

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
860
906
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
206
174
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
26304
5598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1182
1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1182
1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
2067
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1242
2067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
2537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
2537
Name AMD Radeon 520 AMD Radeon R7 M440
PassMark - G3D Mark 860 906
PassMark - G2D Mark 206 174
Geekbench - OpenCL 26304 5598
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1182 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1182 1935
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1242 2067
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1242 2067
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 2537
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 2537

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon 520 AMD Radeon R7 M440

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 3.0
Code name Oland Meso
Design Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation 1st Gen
Launch date 18 April 2017 15 May 2016
Place in performance rating 1098 1114
Type Desktop, Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 1030 MHz 1021 MHz
Floating-point performance 660 GFLOPs 653.4 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 20.42 GTexel / s
Texture Units 20
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,100 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 (12_0)
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 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)