AMD Radeon 520 vs AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition 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).

AMD Radeon 520

AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 29% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 800 MHz
643.8x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 32 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 9694
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3326
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3326

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 775 MHz
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s vs 32 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 9694
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3326
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3326

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
Around 55% better floating-point performance: 1,024 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1544 vs 860
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 354 vs 206
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2862 vs 1182
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2862 vs 1182
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1667 vs 1242
Around 34% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1667 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1544 vs 860
PassMark - G2D Mark	354 vs 206
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2862 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2862 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1667 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1667 vs 1242

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

860

1544

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

206

354

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26304

9694

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

2862

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

2862

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

1667

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

1667

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3326

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3326

Name	AMD Radeon 520	AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	860	1544
PassMark - G2D Mark	206	354
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304	9694
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182	2862
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182	2862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1242	1667
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1242	1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3326
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3326
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		25.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		516.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		111.138

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 520	AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Oland	Tropo
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	1st Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1098	1007
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	800 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	640
Pixel fill rate	4.10 GP/s
Render output units	4
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s	32 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,500 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 x16
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	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)