AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 M520

NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 800 MHz
6.4x more texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
20x more pipelines: 320 vs 16
25.8x better floating-point performance: 659.2 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 600 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 February 2008
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s vs 3.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 16
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops vs 25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 600 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

3.8x lower typical power consumption: 13 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	13 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M520	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889
PassMark - G3D Mark		85
PassMark - G2D Mark		242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		778

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M520	NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Tesla
Code name	Oland	G86
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 February 2008
Place in performance rating	1185	1182
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	800 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops	25.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	320	16
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	3.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	13 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	210 million
CUDA cores		16
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	9.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR2 / GDDR3
Shared memory		0
API support
DirectX		10.0
OpenGL		3.3
Technologies
Gigathread technology
HDCP-capable
HDR (High Dynamic-Range Lighting)
PCI-E 16x
PowerMizer 7.0