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    Radeon 520 vs Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon 520 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire. 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 Radeon 520 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire. 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.
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    Radeon 520 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon 520 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire 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 Radeon 520 or Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire here:

    Radeon 520 Laptops
    Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon 520 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2x2 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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    • Radeon 520 and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon 520 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - with Terascale 2.
    • Core clock speed of Radeon 520 is 350 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.
    • Radeon 520 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire - by 40 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Radeon 520 is 1350 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 21−24
    ultra / 1080p − 12−14
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 7−8
    4K / 2160p − 5−6
    low / 720p 1−2 40−45
    medium / 1080p 0−1 24−27
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4100% more, than Radeon 520.

    Full Specs

      Radeon 520 Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
    Architecture GCN 1.0 Terascale 2
    Code name Oland Blackcomb XT
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 21 March 2017 6 January 2011
    Pipelines 320 1920
    Core clock speed 1030 MHz 680 MHz
    Transistor count 1,040 million 2x1700 Million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
    Texture fill rate 20.60
    Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2250 MHz 900 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12.0 DirectX 11, Shader 5.0
    Shader Model 5.0
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan +
    Laptop size large
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