NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
VS
AMD Radeon HD 6480G

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 520M  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6480G.

976
Place in performance rating
991
10.45
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Fermi
Architecture
Terascale 2
GF108
Code name
Llano
Laptop
Type
Laptop
5 January 2011 (10 years ago)
Release date
15 June 2011 (10 years ago)
$59.99
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$237 (4x MSRP)
Price now
$362
0.02
Value for money
0.01
N12P-GP/LV
GPU code name
Llano
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M  vs  AMD Radeon HD 6480G 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
240
740 / 600 MHz
Core clock speed
444 MHz
585 million
Transistor count
1000 Million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
32 nm
12 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
5.9 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
4.744
129.02 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
48
CUDA cores
no data
48
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
585 million
Number of transistors
1000 Million
12 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
35 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
IGP

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 520M vs AMD Radeon HD 6480G.

DDR3
Memory type
System Shared
1536 MB
Maximum RAM amount
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64 Bit
Memory bus width
no data
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
12.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
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 520M vs AMD Radeon HD 6480G.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

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
+
Optimus
no data
+
Verde Drivers
no data
+
DirectCompute
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G 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 API
DirectX
DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
4.5
OpenGL
no data
N/A
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.1
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and AMD Radeon HD 6480G 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 520M or AMD Radeon HD 6480G good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
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 520M

Cheaper ($237 (4x MSRP) vs $362)

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 6480G

More pipelines (240 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (32 nm vs 40 nm)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M or AMD Radeon HD 6480G?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M .

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M versus AMD Radeon HD 6480G performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.6 Out of 25 Hitesti Score
2.8 Out of 9 Hitesti Score