FirePro W7000 vs Radeon 520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro W7000 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 W7000 stacks up against Radeon 520, check out specs charts below.

Radeon 520 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon 520 is only used in laptop graphics. It has 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 Radeon 520 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro W7000 Radeon 520
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • FirePro W7000 has 600% more power consumption, than Radeon 520.
  • FirePro W7000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon 520 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • FirePro W7000 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon 520.
  • FirePro W7000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon 520 - in Laptops.
  • FirePro W7000 and Radeon 520 are build with GCN 1.0 architecture.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon 520 is 80 MHz higher, than FirePro W7000.
  • FirePro W7000 and Radeon 520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of FirePro W7000 is 2550 MHz higher, than Radeon 520.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 0−1
ultra / 1080p 12−14
QHD / 1440p 6−7 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 1−2
medium / 1080p 24−27 0−1
The average gaming FPS of FirePro W7000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4100% more, than Radeon 520.

Full Specs

  FirePro W7000 Radeon 520
Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Pitcairn Oland
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 13 June 2012 21 March 2017
Pipelines 1280 320
Core clock speed 950 MHz 1030 MHz
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 76.00 20.60
Floating-point performance 2,432 gflops 659.2 gflops
Length 242 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 153.6 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 +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 285 Mh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 6 Mh/s
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
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