AMD Radeon 520
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
AMD Radeon 520
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 6800

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon 520  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 6800.

719
Place in performance rating
not rated
no data
Value for money (0-100)
3.21
GCN 1.0
Architecture
Curie
Oland
Code name
NV40
Laptop
Type
Desktop
21 March 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
14 April 2004 (17 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$39.99
$140
Price now
$130 (3.3x MSRP)
3.54
Value for money
no data
Oland
GPU code name
NV40
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon 520  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 6800 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

320
Pipelines
no data
1030 MHz
Core clock speed
325 MHz
1,040 million
Transistor count
222 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
130 nm
50 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
20.60
Texture fill rate
3.900
659.2 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
320
Pipelines / CUDA cores
no data
1,040 million
Number of transistors
222 million
50 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
AGP 8x
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x Molex

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800.

DDR3, GDDR5
Memory type
DDR
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
128 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
2250 MHz
Memory clock speed
700 MHz
16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
22.4 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800.

1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
+
HDMI
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX 12, Shader 5.0
DirectX
9.0c (9_3)
no data
OpenGL
2.1
+
Vulkan
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon 520 or NVIDIA GeForce 6800 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce 6800
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon 520

3.12% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 130 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 6800

Cheaper ($130 (3.3x MSRP) vs $140)

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (22.4 GB/s vs 16 GB/s)

So, AMD Radeon 520 or NVIDIA GeForce 6800?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon 520 .

AMD Radeon 520 versus NVIDIA GeForce 6800 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

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77543 (100 %)

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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8413 (100 %)

3DMark Fire Strike Score

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1233 (100 %)

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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1319 (100 %)

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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2017 (100 %)

3DMark Vantage Performance

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5266 (100 %)

Unigine Heaven 3.0

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Passmark

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User rating

3.3 Out of 76 Hitesti Score
3.3 Out of 6 Hitesti Score