AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon R7 M520

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 96
2.2x better floating-point performance: 659.2 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
7.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 17889 vs 2422

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 9 January 2013
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 96
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889 vs 2422

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

17889

2422

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M520	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889	2422
PassMark - G3D Mark		440
PassMark - G2D Mark		120
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1019
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2843
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2843
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3329
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3329

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M520	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Oland	GF117
Launch date	18 April 2017	9 January 2013
Place in performance rating	1181	1184
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops	297.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	96
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	12.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	585 million
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	1 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
API support
DirectX		12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.6