NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI vs AMD Radeon HD 6570

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI and AMD Radeon HD 6570 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: 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 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

AMD Radeon HD 6570

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 40 Watt
2x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 900 MHz

Launch date	13 April 2011 vs 7 February 2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 40 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 900 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6570

2.4x more texture fill rate: 15.6 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
10x more pipelines: 480 vs 48
4x better floating-point performance: 624.0 gflops vs 155.52 gflops

Texture fill rate	15.6 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	480 vs 48
Floating-point performance	624.0 gflops vs 155.52 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6570

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI	AMD Radeon HD 6570
PassMark - G3D Mark		559
PassMark - G2D Mark		218
Geekbench - OpenCL		1561
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		4.278
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		255.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		13.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		59.183
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1296
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1044
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2716
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		846

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI	AMD Radeon HD 6570
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF119	Thames
Launch date	13 April 2011	7 February 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1426
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$79
Price now		$49.99
Value for money (0-100)		19.92
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops	624.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	480
Texture fill rate	6.48 GTexel / s	15.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt	40 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	716 million
Boost clock speed		650 MHz
Stream Processors		480
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	168 mm	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 2.1 x16
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	28.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
CrossFire
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)