Tesla T4 vs Radeon HD 6520G

Place in the ranking	1156	205
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.52	27.50
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code name	Sumo	TU104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	7 December 2011 (13 years ago)	13 September 2018 (6 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	2560
Core clock speed	400 MHz	585 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1590 MHz
Number of transistors	1,178 million	13,600 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	70 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.400	254.4
Floating-point processing power	0.256 TFLOPS	8.141 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	64
TMUs	16	160
Tensor Cores	no data	320
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	40

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	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	no data	1-slot
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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	16 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	320.0 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 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_1)
Shader Model	5.0	6.5
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	-	7.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 0.74

Tesla T4 26.69
+3507%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

HD 6520G 299

Tesla T4 10750
+3495%

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 −3400%	280−290 +3400%
Full HD	5 −3500%	180−190 +3500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −3400%	210−220 +3400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3233%	100−105 +3233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −3400%	210−220 +3400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3233%	100−105 +3233%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −3471%	250−260 +3471%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −3500%	180−190 +3500%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −3400%	210−220 +3400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3233%	100−105 +3233%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −3233%	300−310 +3233%
Fortnite	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −3471%	250−260 +3471%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −3400%	350−400 +3400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −3500%	180−190 +3500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −3400%	210−220 +3400%
World of Tanks	20−22 −3400%	700−750 +3400%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −3400%	210−220 +3400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3233%	100−105 +3233%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −3233%	300−310 +3233%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −3471%	250−260 +3471%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −3400%	350−400 +3400%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 −3400%	140−150 +3400%
World of Tanks	3−4 −3233%	100−105 +3233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −3233%	100−105 +3233%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −3400%	140−150 +3400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −3400%	140−150 +3400%
Valorant	5−6 −3500%	180−190 +3500%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −3400%	350−400 +3400%
Dota 2	14−16 −3233%	500−550 +3233%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −3233%	500−550 +3233%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −3233%	500−550 +3233%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −3400%	350−400 +3400%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3400%	70−75 +3400%
Dota 2	14−16 −3233%	500−550 +3233%
Valorant	1−2 −3400%	35−40 +3400%

This is how HD 6520G and Tesla T4 compete in popular games:

Tesla T4 is 3400% faster in 900p
Tesla T4 is 3500% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.74	26.69
Recency	7 December 2011	13 September 2018
Chip lithography	32 nm	12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	70 Watt

HD 6520G has 100% lower power consumption.

Tesla T4, on the other hand, has a 3506.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 166.7% more advanced lithography process.

The Tesla T4 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon HD 6520G in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 6520G is a notebook card while Tesla T4 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.