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    GeForce GTX 860M SLI vs Radeon 520

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 860M SLI 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 GeForce GTX 860M SLI stacks up against Radeon 520, check out specs charts below.
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    GeForce GTX 860M SLI and Radeon 520 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: GeForce GTX 860M SLI 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 GeForce GTX 860M SLI or Radeon 520 here:

    GeForce GTX 860M SLI Laptops
    Radeon 520 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 860M SLI Radeon 520
    Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2x 4 GB 2 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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    • GeForce GTX 860M SLI has 140% more power consumption, than Radeon 520.
    • GeForce GTX 860M SLI and Radeon 520 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • GeForce GTX 860M SLI is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon 520 is 1 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 860M SLI.
    • GeForce GTX 860M SLI and Radeon 520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of GeForce GTX 860M SLI is 2750 MHz higher, than Radeon 520.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 21−24 0−1
    ultra / 1080p 14−16 −
    QHD / 1440p 8−9 0−1
    4K / 2160p 5−6 −
    low / 720p 40−45 1−2
    medium / 1080p 27−30 0−1
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 860M SLI in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4100% more, than Radeon 520.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 860M SLI Radeon 520
    Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
    Code name Oland
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 12 March 2014 21 March 2017
    Pipelines 1280 320
    Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1030 MHz
    Transistor count 2x 1870 Million 1,040 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
    Texture fill rate 20.60
    Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 2x 128 Bit 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 2250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12 (FL 11_0), Shader 5.0 12.0
    Shader Model 5.0
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan +
    CUDA +
    SLI options +
    Laptop size large
    Optimus +
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