Radeon R9 FURY X2 vs 520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking955not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.90no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)GCN 3.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameBanksCapsaicin
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date18 April 2017 (9 years ago)no data

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 cores3204096
Core clock speed1030 MHz1050 MHz
Number of transistors690 million8,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattno data
Texture fill rate20.60268.8
Floating-point processing power0.6592 TFLOPSno data
ROPs864
TMUs20256
L1 Cache80 KBno data
L2 Cache128 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 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone2x 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 typeGDDR5HBM
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit4096 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1000 MBps
Memory bandwidth36 GB/s512.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 1.4a, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.16.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.1
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB

R9 FURY X2 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 520 and Radeon R9 FURY X2. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 520 is a notebook graphics card while Radeon R9 FURY X2 is a desktop one.

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