AMD Radeon 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM

AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 OEM
320 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
1030MHz
1280 Shaders
3GB GDDR5
924MHz
FP32
0.66 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
Unknown
TDP
Unknown
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
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GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
GCN 1
Architecture
Maxwell 2
Family
Radeon RX 500
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
Hainan
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Variant
Banks Pro
Codename
NV124
GM204
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Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
4/18/2017
Release Date
1/22/2015
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
398 mm²
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Transistor Count
690 Million
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Transistor Count
5.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
12.32M/mm²
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Transistor Density
13.07M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Shading Units
1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
20 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
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Streaming Multiprocessors
10 SMs
Compute Units
5 CUs
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1030MHz
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924MHz
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FP32
0.66 TFLOPS
FP32
2.37 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.04 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.07 TFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
4.12 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
44.352 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
20.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
73.92 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
L2
1MB Shared
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1GB
GDDR5
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3GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
64Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
1125MHz
Transfer Rate
4.5GT/s
Bandwidth
36GB/s
Clock
1250MHz
Transfer Rate
5GT/s
Bandwidth
120GB/s
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TDP
Unknown
TDP
Unknown
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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
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
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No Encoders
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Model
2x NVENC 3
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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No Decoders
Model
NVDEC 1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
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
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
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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
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
241 mm (9.49 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
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