Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3 vs FirePro M6000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 693 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 7.70 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Heathrow | Banks |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 July 2012 (13 years ago) | 18 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 640 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 800 MHz | 1030 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,500 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 43 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 32.00 | 20.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.024 TFLOPS | 0.6592 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 8 |
| TMUs | 40 | 20 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | n/a | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Form factor | MXM-B | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 72 GB/s | 16 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
| StereoOutput3D | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.1 (1.2) |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2.170 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 July 2012 | 18 April 2017 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 43 Watt | 50 Watt |
FirePro M6000 has 16.3% lower power consumption.
520 Mobile DDR3, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years.
We couldn't decide between FirePro M6000 and Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro M6000 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3 is a mobile workstation one.
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