Radeon 620 vs HD 6520G

Place in performance ranking	1114	814
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	0.34
Architecture	Terascale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	Llano	Polaris 24
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	15 June 2011 (13 years ago)	12 August 2019 (4 years ago)
Current price	$338	$67

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 620 has 3300% better value for money than HD 6520G.

Detailed specifications

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	384
Core clock speed	400 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1024 MHz
Number of transistors	1000 Million	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.400	24.58

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 6520G and Radeon 620 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.

Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	System Shared	DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	14.4 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.0	6.3
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

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.

HD 6520G 0.77

Radeon 620 2.32
+201%

620 outperforms HD 6520G by 201% based on our aggregate 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%

HD 6520G 299

Radeon 620 897
+200%

620 outperforms HD 6520G by 200% in Passmark.

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:

900p	8 −200%	24−27 +200%
Full HD	5 −180%	14−16 +180%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

1−2

−400%

5−6
+400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Hitman 3	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −240%	16−18 +240%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Hitman 3	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −240%	16−18 +240%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −240%	16−18 +240%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −250%	14−16 +250%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−400%

5−6
+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5

1−2

−300%

4−5
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	2−3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	0−1	3−4
Hitman 3	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%