NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M vs ATI Radeon HD 5450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M 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 520M

ATI Radeon HD 5450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 5.9 billion / sec vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Around 24% better floating-point performance: 129.02 gflops vs 104 gflops
Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 19 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 286 vs 136
Around 63% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 0.26 vs 0.16
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 536 vs 344
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1731 vs 666
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2380 vs 1457
Around 56% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 536 vs 344
2.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1731 vs 666
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2380 vs 1457

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 4 February 2010
Core clock speed	672 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	5.9 billion / sec vs 5.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	129.02 gflops vs 104 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 19 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	286 vs 136
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.26 vs 0.16
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	536 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1731 vs 666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2380 vs 1457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	536 vs 344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1731 vs 666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2380 vs 1457

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 5450

Around 67% higher pipelines: 80 vs 48
Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 140 vs 77
Around 96% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2572 vs 1313
2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 10.124 vs 4.992

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	80 vs 48
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	140 vs 77
Geekbench - OpenCL	2572 vs 1313
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	10.124 vs 4.992

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

286

136

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

140

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1313

2572

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

0.26

0.16

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

4.992

10.124

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

536

344

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1731

666

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2380

1457

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

536

344

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1731

666

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2380

1457

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	ATI Radeon HD 5450
PassMark - G3D Mark	286	136
PassMark - G2D Mark	77	140
Geekbench - OpenCL	1313	2572
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	83.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.26	0.16
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.92
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.992	10.124
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	536	344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1731	666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2380	1457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	536	344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1731	666
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2380	1457
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	ATI Radeon HD 5450
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	TeraScale 2
Code name	GF108	Cedar
Launch date	5 January 2011	4 February 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1558	1606
Price now	$59.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.54
Design		ATI Radeon HD 5000 Series
Technical info
Core clock speed	672 MHz	650 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	129.02 gflops	104 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	80
Texture fill rate	5.9 billion / sec	5.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	292 million
Boost clock speed		650 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		170 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 API	11
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR2
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
DirectCompute
Optimus
Verde Drivers
AMD Eyefinity