NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs AMD Radeon HD 6310

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 6310 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

AMD Radeon HD 6310

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 500 MHz
2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 319 vs 122
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 136 vs 35
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 903 vs 819
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1455 vs 1311
Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 903 vs 819
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1455 vs 1311

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 April 2011 vs 16 November 2010
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	319 vs 122
PassMark - G2D Mark	136 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	903 vs 819
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1455 vs 1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	903 vs 819
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1455 vs 1311

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6310

Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
Around 45% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1853 vs 1277

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	80 vs 48
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	1853 vs 1277

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6310

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

122

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

136

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1277

1853

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

903

819

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1455

1311

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

903

819

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1455

1311

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520	AMD Radeon HD 6310
PassMark - G3D Mark	319	122
PassMark - G2D Mark	136	35
Geekbench - OpenCL	1277	1853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.597
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	76.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.239
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.574
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	903	819
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1455	1311
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	903	819
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1455	1311

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520	AMD Radeon HD 6310
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Terascale 2
Code name	GF119	Zacate
Launch date	13 April 2011	16 November 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$59
Place in performance rating	1603	1605
Price now	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	7.58
Technical info
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	500 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C
Pipelines	48	80
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt
Transistor count	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
CUDA