AMD Radeon Sky 900 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Sky 900 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

AMD Radeon Sky 900

NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Sky 900

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 38% higher core clock speed: 825 MHz vs 600 MHz
219.4x more texture fill rate: 2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 9.6 billion / sec
37.3x more pipelines: 3584 vs 96
29.6x better floating-point performance: 2x 3,405 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
6x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 1 GB
5.6x more memory clock speed: 5000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	27 March 2013 vs 5 January 2011
Core clock speed	825 MHz vs 600 MHz
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec vs 9.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	3584 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops vs 230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

13x lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 300 Watt
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2623 vs 1654
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2623 vs 1654

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 300 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2623 vs 1654
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2623 vs 1654

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Sky 900
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1654

2623

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1654

2623

Name	AMD Radeon Sky 900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1654	2623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1654	2623
PassMark - G3D Mark		456
PassMark - G2D Mark		94
Geekbench - OpenCL		1837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		5.099
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		131.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		6.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		8.015
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		911
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1338

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Sky 900	NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi
Code name	Tahiti	GF108
Launch date	27 March 2013	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1543	1546
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	950 MHz
Core clock speed	825 MHz	600 MHz
Floating-point performance	2x 3,405 gflops	230.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	3584	96
Texture fill rate	2x 106.4 GTexel / s billion / sec	9.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	4,313 million	585 million
CUDA cores		96
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0
Form factor	Full Height / Full Length
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	305 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	480 GB / s	28.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	2x 384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus