Radeon RX Vega XL vs HD 7520G

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1138not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.63no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameScrapperVega 10
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 June 2012 (12 years ago)8 August 2017 (7 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 cores1923584
Core clock speed496 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed685 MHz1630 MHz
Number of transistors1,303 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology32 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate8.220365.1
Floating-point processing power0.263 TFLOPSno data
ROPs464
TMUs12224

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeSystem SharedHBM2
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared2048 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1890 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data483.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12.0
Shader Model5.05.0
OpenGL4.44.5
OpenCL1.22.0
VulkanN/A-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 June 2012 8 August 2017
Chip lithography 32 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 225 Watt

HD 7520G has 542.9% lower power consumption.

RX Vega XL, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 7520G and Radeon RX Vega XL. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 7520G is a notebook card while Radeon RX Vega XL is a desktop one.


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