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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
Price now
2.79$
Games supported
49%
- Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
- Core clock speed 900
- Max video memory 1024 MB
- Memory type DDR3
- Memory clock speed 900 MHz
- Maximum resolution
- Interface MXM-II
- Core clock speed 550
- Max video memory 512 MB
- Memory type GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
- Memory clock speed 700
- Maximum resolution
Price now
no data
Games supported
40%
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance rating | 1067 | not rated |
| Value for money | 2.68 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi (2010−2014) | Terascale 1 (2008−2010) |
| GPU code name | N12P-GVR | M92 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 30 May 2011 (11 years old) | 1 January 2010 (13 years old) |
| Current price | $2.79 | no data |
Value for money
no data
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 cores | 48 | 80 |
| CUDA cores | 48 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 550 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 242 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 55 nm |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 20 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 7.2 billion/sec | 4.400 |
| Floating-point performance | 172.8 gflops | 88 gflops |
Dimensions and compatibility
Information on GeForce GT 520MX and Mobility Radeon HD 4550 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | MXM-II |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 700 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 11.2 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | + | no data |
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
| DirectX | 12 API | 10.1 (10_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 4.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
| CUDA | + | no data |
Benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.
- 3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Benchmark coverage: 16%
GeForce GT 520MX outperforms Mobility Radeon HD 4550 by 149% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.
Mining hashrates
Cryptocurrency mining performance of GeForce GT 520MX and Mobility Radeon HD 4550. Usually measured in megahashes per second.
| Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) | 15 Mh/s | no data |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 30 May 2011 | 1 January 2010 |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 | 11.2 |
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 48 | 80 |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 55 nm |
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Competitors of GeForce GT 520MX by AMD
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce GT 520MX from AMD is Mobility Radeon HD 550v.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GT 520MX:
Competitors of Mobility Radeon HD 4550 by NVIDIA
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Mobility Radeon HD 4550 from NVIDIA is GeForce 320M.
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