AMD Radeon HD 6520G vs AMD Radeon HD 6570

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6520G and AMD Radeon HD 6570 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: 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), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6520G

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1577 vs 1044
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1577 vs 1044
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3134 vs 2716
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3134 vs 2716
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 June 2011 vs 7 February 2011
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1577 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1577 vs 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3134 vs 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3134 vs 2716

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6570

  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 480 vs 320
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1553 vs 748
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1296 vs 644
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1296 vs 644
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 217 vs 82
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 547 vs 300
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 480 vs 320
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 1553 vs 748
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1296 vs 644
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1296 vs 644
PassMark - G2D Mark 217 vs 82
PassMark - G3D Mark 547 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6520G
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6570

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
748
1553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
644
1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
644
1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1577
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1577
1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3134
2716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3134
2716
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
82
217
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
300
547
Name AMD Radeon HD 6520G AMD Radeon HD 6570
Geekbench - OpenCL 748 1553
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 644 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 644 1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1577 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1577 1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3134 2716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3134 2716
PassMark - G2D Mark 82 217
PassMark - G3D Mark 300 547
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 59.183
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 846

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 6520G AMD Radeon HD 6570

Essentials

Architecture Terascale 2 TeraScale 2
Code name Llano Thames
Launch date 15 June 2011 7 February 2011
Place in performance rating 1423 1424
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP) $79
Price now $49.99
Value for money (0-100) 19.92

Technical info

Core clock speed 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 320 480
Transistor count 1000 Million 716 million
Boost clock speed 650 MHz
Floating-point performance 624.0 gflops
Stream Processors 480
Texture fill rate 15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 Watt

API support

DirectX 11 11
OpenGL 4.4

Memory

Shared memory 1
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type GDDR5

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)