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).

AMD Radeon R7 M520

AMD Radeon R9 M265X

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 8843

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 8843

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

8843

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M520	AMD Radeon R9 M265X
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889	8843
PassMark - G3D Mark		1133
PassMark - G2D Mark		207
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	1195	1197
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