GeForce GT 520M vs Radeon RX 580 Mobile
Aggregate performance score
Radeon RX 580 Mobile outperforms GeForce GT 520M by a whopping 2760% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 250 | 1125 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 21.94 | 0.01 |
| Architecture | Polaris (2016−2019) | Fermi (2010−2014) |
| GPU code name | Polaris | N12P-GP/LV |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 18 April 2017 (7 years ago) | 5 January 2011 (13 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $301.69 | $59.99 |
| Current price | $410 (1.4x MSRP) | $237 (4x MSRP) |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
RX 580 Mobile has 219300% better value for money than GT 520M.
Detailed specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | 48 |
| CUDA cores | no data | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 1000 MHz | 740 / 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1077 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 585 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 12 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 155.1 | 5.9 billion/sec |
| Floating-point performance | 4,963 gflops | 129.02 gflops |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Radeon RX 580 Mobile and GeForce GT 520M compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| 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 | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 1536 MB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 12.8 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Optimus | no data | + |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 API |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
| CUDA | no data | + |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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.
Radeon RX 580 Mobile outperforms GeForce GT 520M by 2760% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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%
Radeon RX 580 Mobile outperforms GeForce GT 520M by 2932% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.
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 | 200−210
+2757%
| 7
−2757%
|
| Full HD | 79
+618%
| 11
−618%
|
| 1200p | 200−210
+2757%
| 7
−2757%
|
| 4K | 31
+3000%
| 1−2
−3000%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35
+1000%
|
3−4
−1000%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 40−45
+4000%
|
1−2
−4000%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 35−40
+3400%
|
1−2
−3400%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 65−70
+3300%
|
2−3
−3300%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 45−50
+2150%
|
2−3
−2150%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35
+1000%
|
3−4
−1000%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 50−55
+940%
|
5−6
−940%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 55−60
+5600%
|
1−2
−5600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 65−70
+2133%
|
3−4
−2133%
|
| Hitman 3 | 45−50
+1533%
|
3−4
−1533%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 65−70
+518%
|
10−12
−518%
|
| Metro Exodus | 60−65
+2950%
|
2−3
−2950%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 55−60 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 60−65
+567%
|
9−10
−567%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
+3700%
|
1−2
−3700%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 40−45
+4000%
|
1−2
−4000%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 35−40
+3400%
|
1−2
−3400%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 65−70
+3300%
|
2−3
−3300%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 45−50
+2150%
|
2−3
−2150%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35
+1000%
|
3−4
−1000%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 50−55
+940%
|
5−6
−940%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 55−60
+5600%
|
1−2
−5600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 65−70
+2133%
|
3−4
−2133%
|
| Hitman 3 | 45−50
+1533%
|
3−4
−1533%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 65−70
+518%
|
10−12
−518%
|
| Metro Exodus | 60−65
+2950%
|
2−3
−2950%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 55−60 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 60−65
+567%
|
9−10
−567%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 68
+2167%
|
3−4
−2167%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
+3700%
|
1−2
−3700%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 40−45
+4000%
|
1−2
−4000%
|
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 35−40
+3400%
|
1−2
−3400%
|
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 45−50
+2150%
|
2−3
−2150%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 30−35
+1000%
|
3−4
−1000%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 50−55
+940%
|
5−6
−940%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 65−70
+2133%
|
3−4
−2133%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 65−70
+518%
|
10−12
−518%
|
| Metro Exodus | 60−65
+2950%
|
2−3
−2950%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 37
+1133%
|
3−4
−1133%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 35−40
+3700%
|
1−2
−3700%
|
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 55−60 | 0−1 |
1440p
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 35−40 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 40−45
+4100%
|
1−2
−4100%
|
| Hitman 3 | 30−33
+2900%
|
1−2
−2900%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 14−16 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 18−20 | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 27−30
+575%
|
4−5
−575%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 12−14
+1100%
|
1−2
−1100%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 35−40
+3400%
|
1−2
−3400%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45 | 0−1 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 40−45
+950%
|
4−5
−950%
|
| Metro Exodus | 35−40
+3700%
|
1−2
−3700%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 40−45
+4200%
|
1−2
−4200%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 21−24
+2200%
|
1−2
−2200%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 14−16 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 40−45
+700%
|
5−6
−700%
|
| Far Cry New Dawn | 21−24 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 21−24
+2200%
|
1−2
−2200%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Odyssey | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 10−12 | 0−1 |
| Battlefield 5 | 24−27 | 0−1 |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 27−30 | 0−1 |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 21−24
+2200%
|
1−2
−2200%
|
| Metro Exodus | 20−22
+400%
|
4−5
−400%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 9−10 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 18−20
+800%
|
2−3
−800%
|
This is how RX 580 Mobile and GT 520M compete in popular games:
- RX 580 Mobile is 2757% faster in 900p
- RX 580 Mobile is 618% faster in 1080p
- RX 580 Mobile is 2757% faster in 1200p
- RX 580 Mobile is 3000% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 580 Mobile is 3400% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- Without exception, RX 580 Mobile surpassed GT 520M in all 32 of our tests.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 20.59 | 0.72 |
| Recency | 18 April 2017 | 5 January 2011 |
| Cost | $301.69 | $59.99 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 1536 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 100 Watt | 12 Watt |
The Radeon RX 580 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 520M in performance tests.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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