Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3 vs RX 7900 XTX
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 18 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 56 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 42.86 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 16.05 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025) | GCN 1.0 (2012−2020) |
| GPU code name | Navi 31 | Banks |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 November 2022 (2 years ago) | 18 April 2017 (8 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 6144 | 320 |
| Core clock speed | 1929 MHz | 1030 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2498 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 57,700 million | 690 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 355 Watt | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 959.2 | 20.60 |
| Floating-point processing power | 61.39 TFLOPS | 0.6592 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 192 | 8 |
| TMUs | 384 | 20 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 96 | no data |
| L0 Cache | 3 MB | no data |
| L1 Cache | 3 MB | 80 KB |
| L2 Cache | 6 MB | 128 KB |
| L3 Cache | 96 MB | no data |
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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 287 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | no data |
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 | GDDR6 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 960.0 GB/s | 16 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 | 1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C | Portable Device Dependent |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (11_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.5 (5.1) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.2 | 2.1 (1.2) |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.2.170 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 3 November 2022 | 18 April 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 355 Watt | 50 Watt |
RX 7900 XTX has an age advantage of 5 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.
520 Mobile DDR3, on the other hand, has 610% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 7900 XTX and Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon RX 7900 XTX is a desktop graphics card while Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3 is a notebook one.
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