NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps vs AMD Radeon 520 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps and AMD Radeon 520 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

AMD Radeon 520 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Around 56% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1030 MHz
13.5x more texture fill rate: 277.3 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
8x more pipelines: 2560 vs 320
13.5x better floating-point performance: 8,873 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 16 nm vs 28 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
5.5x more memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 320
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	11008 MHz vs 2000 MHz

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520 Mobile

3.6x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 180 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 180 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps	AMD Radeon 520 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP104	Exo
Launch date	20 April 2017	18 April 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$499
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1607 MHz	1030 MHz
Floating-point performance	8,873 gflops	659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	16 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	320
Texture fill rate	277.3 GTexel / s	20.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	7,200 million	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	352.3 GB / s	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	11008 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5X	DDR3