AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and AMD Radeon R9 M265X 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17889 vs 8850
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 21 March 2014
Core clock speed 1030 MHz vs 575 MHz
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 17889 vs 8850

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M265X

  • Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
  • Around 21% better floating-point performance: 800.0 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 320
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17889
8850
Name AMD Radeon R7 M520 AMD Radeon R9 M265X
Geekbench - OpenCL 17889 8850
PassMark - G3D Mark 1139
PassMark - G2D Mark 206
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 525.038
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.169
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.076
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 94.404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1972
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1765
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3214

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M520 AMD Radeon R9 M265X

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Oland Venus
Launch date 18 April 2017 21 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1181 1184
Type Desktop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 1030 MHz 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 640
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,500 million
Boost clock speed 625 MHz
Compute units 10

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB / s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

API support

DirectX 11
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore