NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs ATI Radeon HD 5450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and ATI Radeon HD 5450 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

ATI Radeon HD 5450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 6.5 billion / sec vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Around 50% better floating-point performance: 155.52 gflops vs 104 gflops
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 800 MHz
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 317 vs 136
Around 49% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.239 vs 0.16
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 545 vs 344
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 903 vs 666
Around 58% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 545 vs 344
Around 36% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 903 vs 666

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 April 2011 vs 4 February 2010
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion / sec vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops vs 104 gflops
Memory clock speed	900 MHz (DDR3) vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	317 vs 136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.239 vs 0.16
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	545 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	903 vs 666
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	545 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	903 vs 666

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5450

Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 19 Watt vs 29 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 140 vs 135
2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2572 vs 1274
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 10.124 vs 4.574

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	80 vs 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt vs 29 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	140 vs 135
Geekbench - OpenCL	2572 vs 1274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	10.124 vs 4.574
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1457 vs 1455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1457 vs 1455

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 5450

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

317

136

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

140

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1274

2572

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.239

0.16

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.574

10.124

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

545

344

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

903

666

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1455

1457

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

545

344

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

903

666

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1455

1457

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520	ATI Radeon HD 5450
PassMark - G3D Mark	317	136
PassMark - G2D Mark	135	140
Geekbench - OpenCL	1274	2572
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	0.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.574	10.124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	545	344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	903	666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1455	1457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	545	344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	903	666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1455	1457
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520	ATI Radeon HD 5450
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF119	Cedar
Launch date	13 April 2011	4 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$59
Place in performance rating	1596	1598
Price now	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.58
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	650 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops	104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C
Pipelines	48	80
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion / sec	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	292 million
Boost clock speed		650 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	170 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.2	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB (DDR3)	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz (DDR3)	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2
Technologies
CUDA
AMD Eyefinity