ATI Radeon HD 4720 vs AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP

Comparative analysis of ATI Radeon HD 4720 and AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

ATI Radeon HD 4720

AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 4720

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 600 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	600 MHz vs 400 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 55 nm
Around 57% lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 55 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	32 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 55 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	ATI Radeon HD 4720	AMD Radeon HD 6520G IGP
Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale	TeraScale 2
Code name	RV730	BeaverCreek
Launch date	11 December 2011	7 December 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	600 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	384.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	19.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	55 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	514 million	1,450 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	193 mm
API support
DirectX	10.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	3.3	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	21.34 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1334 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3