AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 M520

ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 2 month(s) later
3.1x more core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 337 MHz
15.3x more texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 1.348 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
4.1x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 486 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 13 February 2004
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 337 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s vs 1.348 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 486 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M520	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889
PassMark - G3D Mark		25
PassMark - G2D Mark		137

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M520	ATI Mobility Radeon 9600 PRO Turbo
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rage 8
Code name	Oland	M10
Launch date	18 April 2017	13 February 2004
Place in performance rating	1185	1182
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	337 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	1.348 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	76 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	7.78 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	486 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
API support
DirectX		9.0
OpenGL		2.0