GeForce GTX 965M 4 GB vs Radeon 520
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 940 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 2.87 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Banks | GM204 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 April 2017 (8 years ago) | 9 January 2015 (10 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 cores | 320 | 1024 |
| Core clock speed | 1030 MHz | 935 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1150 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 5,200 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 50 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 20.60 | 73.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6592 TFLOPS | 2.355 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 20 | 64 |
| L1 Cache | 80 KB | 384 KB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 1024 KB |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1125 MHz | 1253 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 36 GB/s | 80.19 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
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 Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.7 (6.4) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 5.2 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 18 April 2017 | 9 January 2015 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Radeon 520 has an age advantage of 2 years.
GTX 965M 4 GB, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 520 and GeForce GTX 965M 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.
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