AMD Radeon RX 470 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Ellesmere | GF119 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Polaris 10 PRO (215-0876204) | — |
| Architecture | GCN 4.0 | Fermi 2.0 |
| Foundry | GlobalFoundries | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm | 40 nm |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | 292 million |
| Die size | 232 mm² | 79 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Aug 4th, 2016 | Apr 13th, 2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Arctic Islands | GeForce 500 |
| Production | Active | End-of-life |
| Launch price | 179 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x1 |
| Reviews | 46 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Pirate Islands | GeForce 400 |
| Successor | Polaris | GeForce 600 |
Clocks
| Base clock | 926 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Boost clock | 1206 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 1650 MHz 6.6 Gbps effective | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective |
| GPU clock | — | 810 MHz |
| Shader clock | — | 1620 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 4 GB | 1024 MB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Memory bus width | 256 bit | 64 bit |
| Bandwidth | 211.2 GB/s | 14.40 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2048 | 48 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 128 | 8 |
| ROPs | 32 | 4 |
| Compute units | 32 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 64 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 2 MB | 128 KB |
| SM count | — | 1 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 38.59 GPixel/s | 1.620 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 154.4 GTexel/s | 6.480 GTexel/s |
| FP16 (half) performance | 4.940 TFLOPS (1:1) | — |
| FP32 (float) performance | 4.940 TFLOPS | 155.5 GFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 308.7 GFLOPS (1:16) | 12.96 GFLOPS (1:12) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Single-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 240 mm 9.4 inches | 152 mm 6 inches |
| Width | 95 mm 3.7 inches | — |
| Height | 35 mm 1.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 120 W | 29 W |
| Suggested PSU | 300 W | 200 W |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin | None |
| Board number | C940, D000-03, D009-07 | P1310 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 (11_0) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | — |
| Shader model | 6.4 | 5.1 |
| CUDA | — | 2.1 |
