AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 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

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

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 130 nm
16x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 128 MB
3.6x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 550 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 130 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 550 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 37 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	37 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M520	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889
PassMark - G3D Mark		13
PassMark - G2D Mark		168

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M520	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Rankine
Code name	Oland	NV31 A1
Launch date	18 April 2017	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	1188	1033
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	1.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	80 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	None
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	8.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	550 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
API support
DirectX		9.0a
OpenGL		1.5 (2.1)