NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs AMD Radeon 520
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and AMD Radeon 520 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
- Around 56% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1030 MHz
- Around 68% higher boost clock speed: 1733 MHz vs 1030 MHz
- 8x more pipelines: 2560 vs 320
- 13.4x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- 2.4x more memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Core clock speed | 1607 MHz vs 1030 MHz |
Boost clock speed | 1733 MHz vs 1030 MHz |
Pipelines | 2560 vs 320 |
Floating-point performance | 8,873 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs |
Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm vs 28 nm |
Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
Memory clock speed | 11008 MHz vs 4500 MHz |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520
- 74.3x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
- 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 180 Watt
Texture fill rate | 20.60 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 50 Watt vs 180 Watt |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 520
Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps | AMD Radeon 520 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 864 | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 202 | |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 26304 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1182 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1182 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1242 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1242 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps | AMD Radeon 520 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Pascal | GCN 1.0 |
Code name | GP104 | Oland |
Launch date | 20 April 2017 | 18 April 2017 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | |
Place in performance rating | not rated | 1105 |
Type | Desktop | Desktop, Laptop |
Design | Radeon 500 Series | |
GCN generation | 1st Gen | |
Technical info |
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Boost clock speed | 1733 MHz | 1030 MHz |
Core clock speed | 1607 MHz | 1030 MHz |
Floating-point performance | 8,873 gflops | 660 GFLOPs |
Manufacturing process technology | 16 nm | 28 nm |
Pipelines | 2560 | 320 |
Texture fill rate | 277.3 GTexel / s | 20.60 GTexel/s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 180 Watt | 50 Watt |
Transistor count | 7,200 million | 1,040 million |
Compute units | 5 | |
Pixel fill rate | 4.10 GP/s | |
Render output units | 4 | |
Stream Processors | 320 | |
Texture Units | 20 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
DisplayPort support | ||
Dual-link DVI support | ||
HDMI | ||
VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
Length | 267 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | None |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
OpenCL | 2.0 | |
Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Memory bandwidth | 352.3 GB / s | 48 GB/s |
Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 bit |
Memory clock speed | 11008 MHz | 4500 MHz |
Memory type | GDDR5X | GDDR5 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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4K H264 Decode | ||
4K H264 Encode | ||
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture | ||
AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
AppAcceleration | ||
DualGraphics | ||
Enduro | ||
H265/HEVC Decode | ||
H265/HEVC Encode | ||
HDMI 4K Support | ||
PowerTune | ||
TressFX | ||
Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
Video Code Engine (VCE) |