Radeon HD 2400 vs Radeon HD 4520

Radeon HD 2400
Memory: 256Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Feb 2008
Radeon HD 2400
Radeon HD 4520
Memory: 512Mb DDR2DESKTOP
Release date: 2 Dec 2009
Radeon HD 4520

Summary

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 2400

Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider Radeon HD 4520

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Based on an outdated architecture (ATI TeraScale), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon HD 4520

HWBench recommends Radeon HD 4520

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

Radeon HD 2400Radeon HD 4520
GPU NameRV610 ()vsRV710 ()
Fab Process65 nmvs55 nm
Die Size85 mm²vs73 mm²
Transistors180 millionvs242 million
Shaders40vs80
Compute Units2vs1
Core clock398 MHzvs600 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs4vs8

Memory Configuration

Radeon HD 2400Radeon HD 4520
Memory TypeDDR2vsDDR2
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed495 MHz
990 MHz effective
vs400 MHz
800 MHz effective
Memory Size256 Mbvs512 Mb

Additional details

Radeon HD 2400Radeon HD 4520
TDP20 wattsvs25 watts
Release Date19 Feb 2008vs2 Dec 2009

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • Radeon HD 2400
    1.59 GP/s
  • Radeon HD 4520
    2.40 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • Radeon HD 2400
    1.59 GT/s
  • Radeon HD 4520
    4.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • Radeon HD 2400
    7.92 GB/s
  • Radeon HD 4520
    6.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • Radeon HD 2400
    31.84 GFLOPs
  • Radeon HD 4520
    96.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better