NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI vs AMD Radeon HD 7520G

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI and AMD Radeon HD 7520G videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI

AMD Radeon HD 7520G

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI

Around 45% higher core clock speed: 720 MHz vs 497 MHz
14x more pipelines: 2688 vs 192
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm

Core clock speed	720 MHz vs 497 MHz
Pipelines	2688 vs 192
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7520G

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI	AMD Radeon HD 7520G
Geekbench - OpenCL		944
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1604
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2926
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2926
PassMark - G2D Mark		109
PassMark - G3D Mark		316

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI	AMD Radeon HD 7520G
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler	Terascale 3
Code name	N13E-GTX	Trinity
Launch date	4 June 2012	1 June 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	1326
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	720 MHz	497 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	2688	192
Boost clock speed		686 MHz
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large	medium sized
API support
DirectX	11	11
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2x 4 GB
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	1