Radeon HD 7870 and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score Radeon HD 7870 vs GeForce GT 520M
Radeon HD 7870
4779
GeForce GT 520M
289
Radeon HD 7870
GeForce GT 520M
Architecture
GCN (2011−2017)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Pitcairn XT
N12P-GP/LV
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
March 2012
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
2x 6-pin
None
Core clock speed
1000 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
-
48
Floating-point performance
-
129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
2800 Million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
48
Power consumption (TDP)
175 Watt
12 Watt
Texture fill rate
80.00
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
4800 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
153.6 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
No outputs
Eyefinity
+
-
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 (11_1)
12 API
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.2.131
N/A
Optimus
-
+