AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs AMD Radeon R5 M430

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and AMD Radeon R5 M430 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, 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).

AMD Radeon R7 M520

AMD Radeon R5 M430

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17889 vs 5010

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 15 May 2016
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889 vs 5010

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M430

2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M430

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17889

5010

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M520	AMD Radeon R5 M430
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889	5010
PassMark - G3D Mark		649
PassMark - G2D Mark		516
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		13.812
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		144.604
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.981
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		18.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		65.872
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2212

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M520	AMD Radeon R5 M430
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	GCN 1.0
Code name	Oland	Exo
Launch date	18 April 2017	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	1181	1182
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	1030 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	320
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	20.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,040 million
Boost clock speed		855 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory		0
API support
DirectX		12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL		4.5
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0