AMD Radeon HD 6520G vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6520G and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 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.

AMD Radeon HD 6520G

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6520G

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
2.9x more pipelines: 320 vs 112
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 65 nm
Around 67% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 82 vs 49

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2011 vs 29 October 2007
Pipelines	320 vs 112
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 65 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	82 vs 49

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

3.8x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3346 vs 3134
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3346 vs 3134
Around 54% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 463 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346 vs 3134
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346 vs 3134
PassMark - G3D Mark	463 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6520G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3134

3346

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3134

3346

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

300

463

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6520G	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL	748
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	644
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	644
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1577
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3134	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3134	3346
PassMark - G2D Mark	82	49
PassMark - G3D Mark	300	463

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6520G	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 2	Tesla
Code name	Llano	G92
Launch date	15 June 2011	29 October 2007
Place in performance rating	1425	1399
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	320	112
Transistor count	1000 Million	754 million
CUDA cores		112
Floating-point performance		336.0 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		33.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		105 Watt
API support
DirectX	11	10.0
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		57.6 GB / s
Memory bus width		256 Bit
Memory clock speed		900 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
Display Connectors		2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Interface		PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit