GeForce 940A vs Radeon 520

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GeForce 940A and Radeon 520. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GeForce 940A and Radeon 520. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

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 940A 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 1 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 940A.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 3.0 x8 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Radeon 520 has 1 GB more memory, than GeForce 940A.
  • GeForce 940A is used in Desktops, and Radeon 520 - in Laptops.
  • GeForce 940A is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon 520 is 1 MHz higher, than GeForce 940A.
  • GeForce 940A and Radeon 520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon 520 is 248 MHz higher, than GeForce 940A.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 0−1
ultra / 1080p 2−3
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 14−16 1−2
medium / 1080p 5−6 0−1
The average gaming FPS of GeForce 940A in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1400% more, than Radeon 520.

Full Specs

  GeForce 940A Radeon 520
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Oland
Type Desktop Laptop
Release date 13 March 2015 21 March 2017
Pipelines 384 320
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1030 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 20.60
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 659.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2002 MHz 2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16.02 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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