AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 3.2x more core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 325 MHz
  • 15.8x more texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
  • 3.1x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 650 MHz
Launch date 18 April 2017 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed 1030 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s vs 1.3 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 650 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Name AMD Radeon R7 M520 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra
Geekbench - OpenCL 17889
PassMark - G3D Mark 12
PassMark - G2D Mark 138

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M520 NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Rankine
Code name Oland NV34 A2
Launch date 18 April 2017 6 March 2003
Place in performance rating 1180 1177
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $149

Technical info

Core clock speed 1030 MHz 325 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 150 nm
Pipelines 320
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 45 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors None 1x Molex
Length 171 mm

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 128 MB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB / s 10.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 650 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR

API support

DirectX 9.0a
OpenGL 1.5 (2.1)