NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
VS
AMD Radeon HD 7850M

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 7850M.

964
Place in performance rating
562
4.34
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi 2.0
Architecture
GCN
GF119
Code name
Heathrow
Desktop
Type
Laptop
13 April 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
24 April 2012 (9 years ago)
$59
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$62 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$338
0.11
Value for money
0.42
GF119
GPU code name
Heathrow Pro
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 520  vs  AMD Radeon HD 7850M 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
640
810 MHz
Core clock speed
675 MHz
292 million
Transistor count
1,500 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
29 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
40 Watt
6.5 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
27.00
155.52 gflops
Floating-point performance
864.0 gflops
102 °C
Maximum GPU temperature
no data
48
CUDA cores
no data
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
292 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
29 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
40 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
5.7" (14.5 cm)
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
no data
no data
Laptop size
large
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 7850M.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB (DDR3)
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

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 7850M.

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 7850M 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
12 (11_1)
4.2
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and AMD Radeon HD 7850M 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 7850M 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 7850M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
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

Cheaper ($62 (1.1x MSRP) vs $338)

Less power consumption (29 Watt vs 40 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7850M

5.03% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (640 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB (DDR3))

More memory bandwidth (64 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 or AMD Radeon HD 7850M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 7850M .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 versus AMD Radeon HD 7850M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.1 Out of 54 Hitesti Score
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