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    Radeon 520 vs Radeon RX Vega 5

    Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Radeon 520 and Radeon RX Vega 5. 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 RX Vega 5. 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 RX Vega 5 are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Radeon 520 and Radeon RX Vega 5 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 RX Vega 5 here:

    Radeon 520 Laptops
    Radeon RX Vega 5 Laptops

    Main Specs

      Radeon 520 Radeon RX Vega 5
    Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt
    Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
    Supplementary power connectors None
    Memory type DDR3, GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
    Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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    • Both cards are used in Laptops.
    • Radeon 520 is build with GCN 1.0 architecture, and Radeon RX Vega 5 - with Vega.
    • Radeon 520 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon RX Vega 5 - by 7 nm process technology.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 0−1 12−14
    ultra / 1080p − 8−9
    QHD / 1440p 0−1 2−3
    low / 720p 1−2 27−30
    medium / 1080p 0−1 16−18
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon RX Vega 5 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2700% more, than Radeon 520.

    Full Specs

      Radeon 520 Radeon RX Vega 5
    Architecture GCN 1.0 Vega
    Code name Oland Vega
    Type Laptop Laptop
    Release date 21 March 2017 7 January 2020
    Pipelines 320 320
    Core clock speed 1030 MHz
    Boost Clock 1400 MHz
    Transistor count 1,040 million
    Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 7 nm
    Texture fill rate 20.60
    Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops
    Memory bus width 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 2250 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12.0 DirectX 12_1
    Shader Model 5.0
    OpenGL 4.6
    OpenCL 1.2
    Vulkan +
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