AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and NVIDIA GeForce 920MX 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 965 MHz
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 320 vs 256
  • Around 9% better floating-point performance: 659.2 gflops vs 602.1 gflops
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17889 vs 3912
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 25 March 2016
Core clock speed 1030 MHz vs 965 MHz
Pipelines 320 vs 256
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops vs 602.1 gflops
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 17889 vs 3912

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

  • Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
  • 3.1x lower typical power consumption: 16 Watt vs 50 Watt
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 16 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
17889
3912
Name AMD Radeon R7 M520 NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
Geekbench - OpenCL 17889 3912
PassMark - G3D Mark 1080
PassMark - G2D Mark 151
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 385

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M520 NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Oland GM108
Launch date 18 April 2017 25 March 2016
Place in performance rating 1188 1035
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1030 MHz 965 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops 602.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 256
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 28.22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 16 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million
Boost clock speed 993 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 None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 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, GDDR5
Shared memory 0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers