ATI Radeon HD 4520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4520 and NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4520

  • Around 2% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 589 MHz
  • Around 2% higher texture fill rate: 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
  • 5x more pipelines: 80 vs 16
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 96 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
  • Around 24% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 31 Watt
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 800 MHz vs 666 MHz
Core clock speed 600 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s vs 4.71 GTexel / s
Pipelines 80 vs 16
Floating-point performance 96 gflops vs 44.86 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 31 Watt
Memory clock speed 800 MHz vs 666 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 55 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: ATI Radeon HD 4520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Name ATI Radeon HD 4520 NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark 42
PassMark - G3D Mark 135
Geekbench - OpenCL 2724
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1052
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1052

Compare specifications (specs)

ATI Radeon HD 4520 NVIDIA GeForce 310 OEM

Essentials

Architecture TeraScale Tesla 2.0
Code name RV710 GT218
Launch date 2 December 2009 27 November 2009
Place in performance rating not rated 1645
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 600 MHz 589 MHz
Floating-point performance 96 gflops 44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 55 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 80 16
Texture fill rate 4.8 GTexel / s 4.71 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 31 Watt
Transistor count 242 million 260 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 10.1 10.1
OpenGL 3.3 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 6.4 GB / s 5.33 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz 666 MHz
Memory type DDR2 DDR2

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