AMD Radeon 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M 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 GTX 950M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 13% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 914 MHz
458.2x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 9744

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 914 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s vs 44.96 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1000 or 2500 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 9744

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1030 MHz
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
2.2x better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2577 vs 865
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 203
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4148 vs 1182
3.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4148 vs 1182
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3715 vs 1242
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3715 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2577 vs 865
PassMark - G2D Mark	217 vs 203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4148 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4148 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3715 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3715 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: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

865

2577

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

203

217

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26304

9744

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

4148

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

4148

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

3715

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

3715

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	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
PassMark - G3D Mark	865	2577
PassMark - G2D Mark	203	217
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304	9744
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182	4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182	4148
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1242	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1242	3715
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		42.396
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		373.644
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.54
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.412
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		139.158
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 520	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Oland	GM107
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	1st Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1109	797
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	1124 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	914 MHz
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs	1,439 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	44.96 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	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	32 or 80 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1000 or 2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 or 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)
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI