Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3 vs R5 M320
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1104 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Jet | Banks |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 May 2015 (10 years ago) | 18 April 2017 (8 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 | 320 |
| Compute units | 5 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 780 MHz | 1030 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 855 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | unknown | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 17.10 | 20.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.5472 TFLOPS | 0.6592 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 8 |
| TMUs | 20 | 20 |
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).
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
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 | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 16 GB/s | 16 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 Connectors | No outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| HD3D | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| DualGraphics | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | 2.1 (1.2) |
| Vulkan | + | 1.2.170 |
| Mantle | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 May 2015 | 18 April 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 2 GB |
R5 M320 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
520 Mobile DDR3, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M320 and Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3. We've got no test results to judge.
Other comparisons
We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.
