Arc B580 vs Radeon 520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking879not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.84no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Generation 12.7 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameBanksBGM-G21
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (7 years ago)12 December 2024 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

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 cores3202560
Core clock speed1030 MHz1700 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2670 MHz
Number of transistors690 million19,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt190 Watt
Texture fill rate20.60427.2
Floating-point processing power0.6592 TFLOPS13.67 TFLOPS
ROPs880
TMUs20160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data272 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB12 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz2400 MHz
Memory bandwidth36 GB/s460.8 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 April 2017 12 December 2024
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 190 Watt

Radeon 520 has 280% lower power consumption.

Arc B580, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 520 and Arc B580. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 520 is a notebook card while Arc B580 is a desktop one.


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