AMD Radeon R7 M520 vs NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M520 and NVIDIA GeForce2 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon R7 M520

NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 M520

Videocard is newer: launch date 16 year(s) 8 month(s) later
4.1x more core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 250 MHz
10.3x more texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 180 nm
32x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 64 MB
4.3x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 460 MHz

Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 14 August 2000
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s vs 2 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 180 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz vs 460 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra

Name	AMD Radeon R7 M520	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
Geekbench - OpenCL	17889
PassMark - G2D Mark		147
PassMark - G3D Mark		6

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R7 M520	NVIDIA GeForce2 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Celsius
Code name	Oland	NV15 A4
Launch date	18 April 2017	14 August 2000
Place in performance rating	1153	1152
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Technical info
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	180 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	25 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 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		183 mm
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	16 GB / s	7.36 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	460 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
API support
DirectX		7.0
OpenGL		1.2