GeForce 9300 SE vs Radeon HD 7520G

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon HD 7520G with GeForce 9300 SE, including specs and performance data.

HD 7520G
2012
35 Watt
0.75
+295%

HD 7520G outperforms 9300 SE by a whopping 295% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking12131455
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.65no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameScrapperG98
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 June 2012 (13 years ago)1 June 2008 (17 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 cores1928
Core clock speed496 MHz540 MHz
Boost clock speed685 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,303 million210 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Wattno data
Texture fill rate8.2204.320
Floating-point processing power0.263 TFLOPS0.0208 TFLOPS
ROPs44
TMUs128
L2 Cacheno data16 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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceIGPPCIe 2.0 x16
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedDDR2
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared256 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data6.4 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.43.3
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.1

Synthetic benchmarks

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.

HD 7520G 0.75
+295%
9300 SE 0.19

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 7520G 314
+288%
Samples: 661
9300 SE 81
Samples: 1

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:

Full HD28
+300%
7−8
−300%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1

Full HD
Medium

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Escape from Tarkov 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
Valorant 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%

Full HD
High

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 21−24
+320%
5−6
−320%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Escape from Tarkov 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Valorant 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%

Full HD
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Dota 2 12−14
+333%
3−4
−333%
Escape from Tarkov 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+400%
1−2
−400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Valorant 27−30
+314%
7−8
−314%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 3−4 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+300%
2−3
−300%

1440p
Ultra

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Escape from Tarkov 2−3 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3 0−1

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 1−2 0−1

4K
High

Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Valorant 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%

4K
Ultra

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic

Fortnite 2−3 0−1

This is how HD 7520G and 9300 SE compete in popular games:

  • HD 7520G is 300% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.75 0.19
Recency 6 June 2012 1 June 2008
Chip lithography 32 nm 65 nm

HD 7520G has a 294.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 103.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon HD 7520G is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 9300 SE in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7520G is a notebook graphics card while GeForce 9300 SE is a desktop one.

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