NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7450A

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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 520  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7450A.

964
Place in performance rating
973
4.34
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi 2.0
Architecture
TeraScale 2
GF119
Code name
Caicos
Desktop
Type
Desktop
13 April 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2012 (9 years ago)
$59
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$62 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$12.99
0.11
Value for money
0.56
GF119
GPU code name
Caicos
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 520  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7450A 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.

48
Pipelines
160
810 MHz
Core clock speed
625 MHz
292 million
Transistor count
370 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
29 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
6.5 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
5.000
155.52 gflops
Floating-point performance
200.0 gflops
102 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
48
CUDA cores
no data
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
160
292 million
Number of transistors
370 million
29 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
25 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
5.7" (14.5 cm)
Length
no data
None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
16x PCI-E 2.0
Bus support
no data
2.7" (6.9 cm)
Height
no data

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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs AMD Radeon HD 7450A.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR3
1 GB (DDR3)
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory clock speed
1600 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs AMD Radeon HD 7450A.

Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
Multi monitor support
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
no data
Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
no data

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

+
CUDA
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A 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. 

12 (11_0)
DirectX
11.2 (11_0)
4.2
OpenGL
4.4

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7450A 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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 or AMD Radeon HD 7450A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7450A
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 NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

More memory bandwidth (14.4 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7450A

0.01% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($12.99 vs $62 (1.1x MSRP))

More pipelines (160 vs 48)

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 29 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (512 MB vs 1 GB (DDR3))

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 or AMD Radeon HD 7450A?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7450A .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 versus AMD Radeon HD 7450A performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.1 Out of 54 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score