AMD Radeon E9171 MCM vs AMD Radeon R7 M520

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9171 MCM and AMD Radeon R7 M520 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), Geekbench - OpenCL.

AMD Radeon E9171 MCM

AMD Radeon R7 M520

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9171 MCM

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Around 89% higher texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 512 vs 320
Around 89% better floating-point performance: 1,248 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 40 Watt vs 50 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Launch date	3 October 2017 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E9171 MCM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R7 M520

Name	AMD Radeon E9171 MCM	AMD Radeon R7 M520
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	924.953
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.499
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	52.632
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	97.705
Geekbench - OpenCL		17889

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon E9171 MCM	AMD Radeon R7 M520
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Lexa	Oland
Launch date	3 October 2017	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	1187	1188
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	1030 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	320
Texture fill rate	39.01 GTexel / s	20.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	40 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	96 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3