GRID K520 vs Radeon HD 8770M

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GRID K520 and Radeon HD 8770M, 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 GRID K520 stacks up against Radeon HD 8770M, check out specs charts below.

Radeon HD 8770M is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon HD 8770M 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 HD 8770M here:

Main Specs

  GRID K520 Radeon HD 8770M
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
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  • GRID K520 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon HD 8770M uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • GRID K520 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 8770M.
  • GRID K520 is used in Desktops, and Radeon HD 8770M - in Laptops.
  • GRID K520 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon HD 8770M - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 8770M is 30 MHz higher, than GRID K520.
  • GRID K520 and Radeon HD 8770M are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K520 is 500 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 8770M.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 7−8
ultra / 1080p 9−10 4−5
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 16−18
medium / 1080p 20−22 8−9
The average gaming FPS of GRID K520 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 122% more, than Radeon HD 8770M.

Full Specs

  GRID K520 Radeon HD 8770M
Architecture Kepler GCN
Code name GK104 Mars
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 23 July 2013 16 November 2012
Pipelines 1536 384
Core clock speed 745 MHz 775 MHz
Boost Clock 825 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 950 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 19.80
Floating-point performance 2x 2,448 gflops 633.6 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 4500 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 72 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12 (11_1)
Shader Model 5.1 5.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 1.2.131
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 76 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
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