Radeon R7 M520 vs GeForce GT 630 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking988not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.44no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code nameGK107Oland
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date24 April 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 cores192320
Core clock speed875 MHz1030 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate14.0020.60
Floating-point processing power0.336 TFLOPSno data
ROPs168
TMUs1620
L1 Cache16 KBno data
L2 Cache256 KBno data

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed891 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/s16 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12.0
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA3.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 April 2012 18 April 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 2 GB

R7 M520 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

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