AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs AMD Radeon 520

AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT $279
AMD Radeon 520
2304 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1750MHz
320 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
1030MHz
Peak AI Performance
16.13 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
660 GFLOPS
FP32
FP32
8.06 TFLOPS
FP32
660 GFLOPS
FP16
16.13 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.0-Slots
TDP
160W
TDP
Unknown
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL 60,715
20%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 53,315
30%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 47,635
23%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal 145
25%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
AMD
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
RDNA 1
Architecture
GCN 1
Family
Radeon RX 5000
Family
Radeon RX 500
Codename
Gaming
Navi 10
Variant
Navi 10 XLE
Codename
Hainan
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Variant
Banks Pro
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
1/21/2020
Release Date
4/18/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
251 mm²
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Die Size
56 mm²
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Transistor Count
10.3 Billion
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Transistor Count
690 Million
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Transistor Density
41.04M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.32M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Shading Units
320 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
144 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
20 TMUs
Render Output Units
64 ROPs
Render Output Units
4 ROPs
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Compute Units
36 CUs
Compute Units
5 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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1375MHz Base
1750MHz
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1030MHz
Peak AI Performance
16.13 TFLOPS
FP16
Peak AI Performance
660 GFLOPS
FP32
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FP16
16.13 TFLOPS
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FP32
8.06 TFLOPS
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FP32
660 GFLOPS
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FP64
500 GFLOPS
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FP64
40 GFLOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
112 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
4.12 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
252 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
20.6 GTexel/s
L0
32KB/WGP
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L1
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128KB/Array
L1
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16KB/CU
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L2
3MB Shared
L2
128KB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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1GB
GDDR5
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Bus Width
192Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
336GB/s
Clock
1125MHz
Transfer Rate
4.5GT/s
Bandwidth
36GB/s
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TDP
160W
TDP
Unknown
Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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1x DVI-I Dual-Link
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1x DisplayPort 1.2
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2160
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 1.4
Model
VCN 2.0
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
VCN 2.0
No Decoders
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.1
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Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
6
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
1.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
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