AMD Radeon HD 6410D IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6410D IGP and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6410D IGP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • 3.3x more pipelines: 160 vs 48
  • Around 10% better floating-point performance: 142.08 gflops vs 129.02 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 117 vs 74
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 June 2011 vs 5 January 2011
Pipelines 160 vs 48
Floating-point performance 142.08 gflops vs 129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 117 vs 74

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

  • Around 51% higher core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 444 MHz
  • Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 5.9 billion / sec vs 3.55 GTexel / s
  • 5.4x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 285 vs 237
  • 2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1326 vs 587
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 536 vs 415
  • Around 29% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 536 vs 415
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1731 vs 646
  • 2.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1731 vs 646
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2380 vs 1468
  • Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2380 vs 1468
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 672 MHz vs 444 MHz
Texture fill rate 5.9 billion / sec vs 3.55 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 285 vs 237
Geekbench - OpenCL 1326 vs 587
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 536 vs 415
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 536 vs 415
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1731 vs 646
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1731 vs 646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2380 vs 1468
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2380 vs 1468

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6410D IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
237
285
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
117
74
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
587
1326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
415
536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
415
536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
646
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
646
1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1468
2380
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1468
2380
Name AMD Radeon HD 6410D IGP NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
PassMark - G3D Mark 237 285
PassMark - G2D Mark 117 74
Geekbench - OpenCL 587 1326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 415 536
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 415 536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 646 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 646 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1468 2380
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1468 2380
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 83.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.92
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.992

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6410D IGP NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale 2 Fermi
Code name WinterPark GF108
Launch date 20 June 2011 5 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1561 1563
Type Desktop Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99
Price now $59.99
Value for money (0-100) 7.54

Technical info

Core clock speed 444 MHz 672 MHz
Floating-point performance 142.08 gflops 129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 160 48
Texture fill rate 3.55 GTexel / s 5.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 12 Watt
Transistor count 1,180 million 585 million
CUDA cores 48

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12 API
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
OpenCL 1.1

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectCompute
Optimus
Verde Drivers