GeForce 830A vs Radeon 520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce 830A 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 830A 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

  GeForce 830A Radeon 520
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Radeon 520 has 51% more power consumption, than GeForce 830A.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • GeForce 830A and Radeon 520 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • GeForce 830A is used in Desktops, and Radeon 520 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 830A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce 830A is 52 MHz higher, than Radeon 520.
  • GeForce 830A and Radeon 520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon 520 is 450 MHz higher, than GeForce 830A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 2−3 0−1
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 1−2
medium / 1080p 4−5 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 830A in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1200% more, than Radeon 520.

Full Specs

  GeForce 830A Radeon 520
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Oland
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 22 July 2014 21 March 2017
Pipelines 256 320
Core clock speed 1082 MHz 1030 MHz
Boost Clock 1150 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 18.40 20.60
Floating-point performance 588.8 gflops 659.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 16 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12.0
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0
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