Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop): specs and benchmarks
Aggregated performance score
It provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 3.04% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 4090.
Summary
AMD started Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) sales 14 January 2014. This is a GCN architecture desktop card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at office use.
General info
Some basic facts about Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop): architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | 725 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | GCN (2011−2017) | |
| GPU code name | Kaveri Spectre | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 14 January 2014 (10 years ago) |
Technical specs
Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)'s specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)'s performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 512 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 720 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop): its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Shared memory | + |
API support
APIs supported by Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop), sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (FL 12_0) |
Benchmark performance
Synthetic benchmark performance of Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop). 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.
3DMark 11 Performance GPU
3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics
Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
3DMark Cloud Gate GPU
Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 14%
3DMark Ice Storm GPU
Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.
Benchmark coverage: 8%
Unigine Heaven 3.0
This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.
Benchmark coverage: 4%
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Gaming performance
Let's see how good Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:
| Full HD | 18 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 7−8 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12−14 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 6−7 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 7−8 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 12−14 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 5−6 | |
| Metro Exodus | 4−5 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 6−7 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 10−11 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 10 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 4−5 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | |
| Battlefield 5 | 7−8 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 6−7 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 4−5 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8−9 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6 | |
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 2−3 |
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 5−6 | |
| Hitman 3 | 6−7 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 10−11 | |
| Metro Exodus | 1−2 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 | |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 6−7 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 2−3 | |
| Hitman 3 | 3−4 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 7−8 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1−2 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 1−2 | |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 1−2 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 6−7 |
NVIDIA equivalent
According to our data, the closest NVIDIA alternative to Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop) is GeForce 840A, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 2 positions in our ranking.
Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop):
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