AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI 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: 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).

AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 11% higher core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 810 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
5.2x better floating-point performance: 806.4 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 13 April 2011
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 48
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

2.2x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 65 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 65 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

Name	AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI
Geekbench - OpenCL	5150
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1106
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1841
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1841
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3260
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3260

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 340X OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Oland	GF119
Launch date	5 May 2015	13 April 2011
Place in performance rating	1281	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	900 MHz	810 MHz
Floating-point performance	806.4 gflops	155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	48
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	6.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCI
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3