AMD Radeon HD 6520G vs NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 6520G and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M 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 GTS 350M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6520G

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 82 vs 69

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 June 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Pipelines	320 vs 96
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3134 vs 3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3134 vs 3123
PassMark - G2D Mark	82 vs 69

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

3.1x more core clock speed: 1249 MHz vs 400 MHz
11x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8210 vs 748
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 381 vs 300

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1249 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	8210 vs 748
PassMark - G3D Mark	381 vs 300

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 6520G
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

748

8210

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3134

3123

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3134

3123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

300

381

Name	AMD Radeon HD 6520G	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
Geekbench - OpenCL	748	8210
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	3123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3134	3123
PassMark - G2D Mark	82	69
PassMark - G3D Mark	300	381

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon HD 6520G	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
Essentials
Architecture	Terascale 2	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Llano	GT215
Launch date	15 June 2011	7 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1422	1425
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	400 MHz	1249 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	96
Transistor count	1000 Million	727 million
CUDA cores		96
Floating-point performance		240 gflops
Gigaflops		360
Texture fill rate		16 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		28 Watt
API support
DirectX	11	10.1
OpenGL		2.1
Memory
Shared memory	1	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory bandwidth		51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width		128 Bit
Memory type		GDDR3
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Interface		MXM-II
Laptop size		large
MXM Type		MXM 3.0 Type-B
SLI options		2-way
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
MXM 3.0 Type-B
Power management		8.0
PowerMizer 8.0
SLI