AMD Radeon R7 250 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 250 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R7 250

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
3.5x more texture fill rate: 22.4 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 384 vs 48
4.6x better floating-point performance: 716.8 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Launch date	8 October 2013 vs 13 April 2011
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 48
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

2.6x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 57% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1150 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 250
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

Name	AMD Radeon R7 250	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI
PassMark - G3D Mark	1051
PassMark - G2D Mark	283
Geekbench - OpenCL	7525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	96.934
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 250	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Oland	GF119
Design	AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch date	8 October 2013	13 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$89
Place in performance rating	1087	not rated
Price now	$78.34
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	27.62
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Floating-point performance	716.8 gflops	155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	48
Stream Processors	384
Texture fill rate	22.4 GTexel / s	6.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	292 million
Core clock speed		810 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCI
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	N / A	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	72 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1150 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3 / GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync