AMD Radeon HD 8310E vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

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Combined performance score

GT 520
0.79

Radeon HD 8310E outperforms GeForce GT 520 by 11% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking11011086
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.01no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameGF119Kalindi
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 April 2011 (12 years old)23 April 2013 (10 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data
Current price$88 (1.5x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48128
CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed810 MHz300 MHz
Number of transistors292 million1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt25 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature102 °Cno data
Texture fill rate6.5 billion/sec2.400
Floating-point performance155.52 gflopsno data

Size and 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).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16IGP
Length5.7" (14.5 cm)no data
Height2.7" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GB (DDR3)System Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHz (DDR3)System Shared
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsDual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)No outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.3
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.12.0
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 520 0.79
HD 8310E 0.88
+11.4%

Radeon HD 8310E outperforms GeForce GT 520 by 11% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 520 308
HD 8310E 340
+10.4%

Radeon HD 8310E outperforms GeForce GT 520 by 10% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 0.79 0.88
Recency 13 April 2011 23 April 2013
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB (DDR3) System Shared
Chip lithography 40 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 25 Watt

The Radeon HD 8310E is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 520 in performance tests.


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