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    GeForce GT 520M vs Radeon R5 M330

    GeForce GT 520M
    Memory: 1024Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 5 Jan 2011
    GeForce GT 520M
    Radeon R5 M330
    Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 5 May 2015
    Radeon R5 M330

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GT 520M
      100%
    • Radeon R5 M330
      258%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520M

    Supports PhysX
    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider Radeon R5 M330

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 158% higher average synthetic performance.
    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    Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
    Radeon R5 M330

    HWBench recommends Radeon R5 M330

    The Radeon R5 M330 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GT 520MRadeon R5 M330
    GPU NameGF119 (N12P-GV-B-A1)vsExo (Exo PRO)
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size79 mm²vs77 mm²
    Transistors292 millionvs1,040 million
    Shaders48vs320
    Compute Units1vs5
    Core clock740 MHzvs955 MHz
    ROPs4vs8
    TMUs8vs20

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GT 520MRadeon R5 M330
    Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
    Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
    Memory Speed800 MHz
    1600 MHz effective    		vs900 MHz
    1800 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GT 520MRadeon R5 M330
    TDP12 wattsvs18 watts
    Release Date5 Jan 2011vs5 May 2015

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GT 520M
      1.48 GP/s
    • Radeon R5 M330
      8.24 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GT 520M
      5.92 GT/s
    • Radeon R5 M330
      20.60 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GT 520M
      12.80 GB/s
    • Radeon R5 M330
      14.40 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GT 520M
      142.08 GFLOPs
    • Radeon R5 M330
      659.20 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GT 520M
      550
    • Radeon R5 M330
      1420

    Points (higher is better)

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