AMD Radeon R5 Graphics vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 Graphics 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: Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 Graphics

• Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• 2.1x more texture fill rate: 12.13 GTexel / s vs 5.9 billion / sec
• 5.3x more pipelines: 256 vs 48
• 3x better floating-point performance: 388.1 gflops vs 129.02 gflops
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
• 2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2905 vs 1215
• Around 90% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.166 vs 3.237
• Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 119.568 vs 83.376
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.543 vs 0.26
• 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 12.649 vs 5.92
• 8.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 42.459 vs 4.992
• Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 966 vs 536
• Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 966 vs 536

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

• 3.4x more core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 200 MHz
• Around 25% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 15 Watt
• Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1731 vs 1363
• Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2380 vs 1915
• Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1731 vs 1363
• Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2380 vs 1915

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Geekbench - OpenCL	GPU 1 GPU 2	2905 1215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	6.166 3.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	119.568 83.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	0.543 0.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	12.649 5.92
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	GPU 1 GPU 2	42.459 4.992
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	966 536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1363 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1915 2380
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	966 536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1363 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	1915 2380

Compare specifications (specs)