GeForce 8800M GTX vs Radeon 520

Place in performance ranking	837	1016
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	2.00	0.08
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Oland	NB8E-GTX
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	21 March 2017 (7 years old)	19 November 2007 (16 years old)
Current price	$140	$160

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 520 has 2400% better value for money than 8800M GTX.

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	320	96
CUDA cores	no data	96
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	1,040 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.60	24.00
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops	240 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon 520 and GeForce 8800M GTX 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.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-HE
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	no 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 type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	51.2 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12.0	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	no data	1.1

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.

Radeon 520 2.03
+70.6%

8800M GTX 1.19

Radeon 520 outperforms GeForce 8800M GTX by 71% based on our aggregated 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%

Radeon 520 787
+70.3%

8800M GTX 462

Radeon 520 outperforms GeForce 8800M GTX by 70% in Passmark.

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: 17%

Radeon 520 5266
+53.9%

8800M GTX 3422

Radeon 520 outperforms GeForce 8800M GTX by 54% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

15
+87.5%

8−9

−87.5%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+25%

4−5

−25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Hitman 3	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +22.2%	9−10 −22.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
Hitman 3	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 +150%	4−5 −150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Battlefield 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +50%	4−5 −50%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how Radeon 520 and 8800M GTX compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

Radeon 520 is 87.5% faster than 8800M GTX

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Hitman 3, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Radeon 520 is 200% faster than the 8800M GTX.

All in all, in popular games:

Radeon 520 is ahead in 23 tests (79%)
there's a draw in 6 tests (21%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	2.03	1.19
Recency	21 March 2017	19 November 2007
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	65 Watt