FirePro W5130M vs Radeon 520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W5130M and Radeon 520, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro W5130M stacks up against Radeon 520, check out specs charts below.

FirePro W5130M and Radeon 520 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: FirePro W5130M and Radeon 520 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with FirePro W5130M or Radeon 520 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W5130M Radeon 520
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • FirePro W5130M is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon 520 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro W5130M and Radeon 520 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro W5130M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon 520 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W5130M is build with GCN architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
  • FirePro W5130M and Radeon 520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W5130M is 1750 MHz higher, than Radeon 520.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 8−9 0−1
ultra / 1080p 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 18−20 1−2
medium / 1080p 10−11 0−1
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W5130M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1800% more, than Radeon 520.

Full Specs

  FirePro W5130M Radeon 520
Architecture GCN GCN 1.0
Code name Tropo Oland
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 2 October 2015 21 March 2017
Pipelines 512 320
Core clock speed 1030 MHz
Boost Clock 925 MHz
Transistor count 1,500 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 29.60 20.60
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops 659.2 gflops
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s 16 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12.0
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
Laptop size medium sized
Eyefinity +
AppAcceleration +
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