A800 SXM4 80 GB vs ATI Radeon HD 4520

Primary details

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

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Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV710GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date2 December 2009 (14 years ago)11 August 2022 (2 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 cores806912
Core clock speed600 MHz1275 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1410 MHz
Number of transistors242 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)25 Watt400 Watt
Texture fill rate4.800609.1
Floating-point processing power0.096 TFLOPS19.49 TFLOPS
ROPs4160
TMUs8432
Tensor Coresno data432

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 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR2HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount512 MB80 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz1593 MHz
Memory bandwidth6.4 GB/s2,039 GB/s

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)N/A
Shader Model4.1N/A
OpenGL3.3N/A
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-8.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 December 2009 11 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 80 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 400 Watt

ATI HD 4520 has 1500% lower power consumption.

A800 SXM4 80 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 12 years, a 15900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 685.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 4520 and A800 SXM4 80 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 4520 is a desktop card while A800 SXM4 80 GB is a workstation one.


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