ATI Radeon HD 4520 vs NVS 4200M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1199not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.20no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code nameGF119RV710
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date22 February 2011 (14 years ago)2 December 2009 (15 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 cores4880
Core clock speed810 MHz600 MHz
Number of transistors292 million242 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate6.4804.800
Floating-point processing power0.1555 TFLOPS0.096 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs88

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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXMPCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3DDR2
Maximum RAM amount1 GB512 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz400 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s6.4 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 February 2011 2 December 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm

NVS 4200M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 37.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between NVS 4200M and Radeon HD 4520. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that NVS 4200M is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon HD 4520 is a desktop one.

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