AMD Radeon 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 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

NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 954 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 993 MHz
864.5x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 202 vs 172
4.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 6339

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 28 June 2016
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 954 MHz
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz vs 993 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s vs 23.83 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	202 vs 172
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 6339

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 16% better floating-point performance: 762.6 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1519 vs 864
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2486 vs 1182
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2486 vs 1182
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3587 vs 1242
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3587 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	762.6 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 50 Watt
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1519 vs 864
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2486 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2486 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3587 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3587 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

864

1519

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

202

172

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26304

6339

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

2486

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

2486

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

3587

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

3587

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3357

Name	AMD Radeon 520	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
PassMark - G3D Mark	864	1519
PassMark - G2D Mark	202	172
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304	6339
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182	2486
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1242	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1242	3587
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		28.91
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		312.94
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.833
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		103.937
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		585

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 520	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Oland	GM108
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	1st Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	28 June 2016
Place in performance rating	1105	1107
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	993 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	954 MHz
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs	762.6 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
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s	23.83 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,870 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	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	5012 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)
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus