GeForce GT 520 vs Radeon HD 7730
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520 |
Supports PhysX |
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider Radeon HD 7730 |
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
Supports Mantle |
Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends Radeon HD 7730
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 520 | | Radeon HD 7730 | |
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GPU Name | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) | vs | Cape Verde (Cape Verde LE) |
Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
Die Size | 79 mm² | vs | 123 mm² |
Transistors | 292 million | vs | 1,500 million |
Shaders | 48 | vs | 384 |
Compute Units | 1 | vs | 6 |
Core clock | 810 MHz | vs | 800 MHz |
ROPs | 4 | vs | 8 |
TMUs | 8 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 520 | | Radeon HD 7730 | |
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Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | GDDR5 |
Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 1125 MHz
4500 MHz effective |
Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 520 | | Radeon HD 7730 | |
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TDP | 29 watts | vs | 47 watts |
Release Date | 13 Apr 2011 | vs | 1 May 2013 |
GeForce GT 520
1.62 GP/s
Radeon HD 7730
6.40 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
6.48 GT/s
Radeon HD 7730
19.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
14.40 GB/s
Radeon HD 7730
72.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
155.50 GFLOPs
Radeon HD 7730
614.40 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better