AMD Radeon 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
$159
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320 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
1030MHz
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768 Shaders
2GB GDDR5
1188MHz
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FP32
0.66 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
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TDP
Unknown
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TDP
90W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
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GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal N/A
0%
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GB5 Metal N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
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Manufacturer
AMD
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
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Chip Designer
AMD
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Chip Designer
NVIDIA
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Architecture
GCN 1
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Architecture
Maxwell 2
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Family
Radeon RX 500
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Family
GeForce 900
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Codename
Hainan
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Variant
Banks Pro
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Codename
NV126
GM206
Variant
GM206-250
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Market Segment
Desktop
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Release Date
4/18/2017
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Release Date
8/20/2015
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Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
-
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
56 mm²
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Die Size
227 mm²
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Transistor Count
690 Million
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Transistor Count
2.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
12.32M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.95M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
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Form
PCIe Card
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Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Shading Units
768 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
20 TMUs
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Texture Mapping Units
48 TMUs
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Render Output Units
4 ROPs
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Render Output Units
32 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
6 SMs
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Compute Units
5 CUs
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1030MHz
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1024MHz Base
1188MHz
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FP32
0.66 TFLOPS
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FP32
1.83 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.04 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.06 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
4.12 GPixel/s
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Pixel Fillrate
38.016 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
20.6 GTexel/s
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Texture Fillrate
57.024 GTexel/s
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L1
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16KB/CU
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
128KB Shared
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L2
1MB Shared
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1GB
GDDR5
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2GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
64Bit
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Bus Width
128Bit
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Clock
1125MHz
Transfer Rate
4.5GT/s
Bandwidth
36GB/s
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Clock
1650MHz
Transfer Rate
6.6GT/s
Bandwidth
105.6GB/s
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TDP
Unknown
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TDP
90W
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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3x DisplayPort 1.2
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
4096x2160
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Max Resolution
4096x2304
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
-
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
-
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
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Multi Monitor Support
3
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Multi Monitor Support
3
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Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
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No Encoders
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Model
NVENC 3
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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No Decoders
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Model
NVDEC 2
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.2
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PureVideo HD
VP7
VDPAU
Feature Set F
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1x Fan
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1x Fan
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Power Connectors
-
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
2-way SLI
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
202 mm (7.95 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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