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AMD Radeon 520

The AMD Radeon 520 is a graphics card released on April 18, 2017, built on the GCN architecture using a 28 nm process. It has 320 shading units, 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 64-bit bus, 48.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a boost clock of 1.03 GHz. It scores 887 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 and OpenCL 2.0.

GCNBanks28 nm

9/10 key specs recorded · 65 facts

Depth: 33 recorded fields, 9 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark, AMD.com Specifications and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark AMD.com Specifications PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

320cores

5 compute units

Memory

4 GB

GDDR5 · 64-bit

Boost clock

1.03 GHz

1.03 GHz base

Board power

n/a

Performance

The AMD Radeon 520 scores 887 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 51.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,464), measured across 549 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 203.

PassMark G3D Mark

887

Rank #1,464
Faster than 51.8% of 2,658 GPUs
549 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 14 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 27.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 3 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 26.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 7 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 23.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 18.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 457 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 24.7% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the AMD Radeon 520 averages DirectX 9 14 fps, DirectX 10 3 fps, DirectX 11 7 fps, DirectX 12 6 fps and GPU Compute 457 ops/s, across 549 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

Theoretical throughput

FP32 (single precision) 0.66 TFLOPS stated by AMD

Pixel fill rate 4.1 GPixel/s stated by AMD

Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel/s stated by AMD

AMD states a peak of FP32 (single precision) 0.66 TFLOPS, Pixel fill rate 4.1 GPixel/s and Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel/s for the AMD Radeon 520.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2017-08-15

Samples 549

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Graphics processor

Architecture GCN

Codename Banks

Chip Not recorded

Process node 28 nm

Transistors 690 M

Die size 56 mm²

The AMD Radeon 520 is based on the GCN architecture, uses the Banks graphics processor, is manufactured on a 28 nm process, contains 690 million transistors and has a die size of 56 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 320

Compute units 5

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The AMD Radeon 520 has 320 shading units, 5 compute units and 4 render output units.

The AMD Radeon 520 does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the AMD Radeon 520.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.03 GHz

Boost clock 1.03 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The AMD Radeon 520 runs at a base clock of 1.03 GHz and boosts to 1.03 GHz.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type GDDR5

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 48.0 GB/s

The AMD Radeon 520 is equipped with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 48.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Market

Launched April 18, 2017

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series Radeon

The AMD Radeon 520 was released on April 18, 2017.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 887

PassMark G2D 203

Rank #1,464

Samples 549

Graphics and compute APIs

The AMD Radeon 520 supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.5 and OpenCL 2.0.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.5

OpenCL 2.0

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the AMD Radeon 520. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the AMD Radeon 520.

Features

The AMD Radeon 520 has 2 supported features recorded and 1 feature explicitly listed as not supported outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Display features

Not supported (1)

Explicitly not supported: HDMI 4K output

What it is: The vendor states the GPU can drive a 4K display over HDMI.

Not listed (7)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon 520 supports AMD FreeSync, Stereoscopic 3D, 10-bit color output, VR ready, 8K display output, HDR output and 12-bit color output. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

HDMI 4K output is explicitly listed as not supported.

Platform

Supported: Radeon Dual Graphics

Support for pairing an AMD APU's integrated graphics with a compatible Radeon GPU.

Not listed (3)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon 520 supports Switchable graphics, Resizable BAR and AMD SmartShift. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon 520 supports Radeon Dual Graphics under Platform.

Software and drivers

Supported: Radeon ReLive

AMD's built-in tool for recording and streaming gameplay.

Not listed (7)

No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon 520 supports Radeon Chill, Enhanced Sync, Image sharpening, Radeon Anti-Lag, Radeon Boost, Radeon Super Resolution and AMD Fluid Motion Frames. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The AMD Radeon 520 supports Radeon ReLive under Software and drivers.

Media engine

Feex holds no codec support statement for the AMD Radeon 520. It does not support hardware encode for HEVC (H.265) and decode for HEVC (H.265).

AMD Unified Video Decoder SupportedAMD's older dedicated video-decoding block found on many GCN-era and earlier Radeon GPUs.

AMD Video Coding Engine SupportedAMD's older dedicated video-encoding block found on many GCN-era Radeon GPUs.

Hardware video codec support of the AMD Radeon 520
Codec	Encode	Decode
HEVC (H.265)	Not supported	Not supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Not listed: H.264 (AVC), AV1 and VP9. No source Feex holds states whether the AMD Radeon 520 supports these codecs; that is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

Media engines recorded for the AMD Radeon 520: AMD Unified Video Decoder and AMD Video Coding Engine.

Naming and aliases

The AMD Radeon 520 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as Radeon(TM) 520, AMD Radeon (TM) 520 and Radeon 520.

Other names (PassMark) Radeon(TM) 520; AMD Radeon (TM) 520; Radeon 520

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the AMD Radeon 520 have?

The AMD Radeon 520 has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 48.0 GB/s.

How fast is the AMD Radeon 520?

The AMD Radeon 520 scores 887 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 51.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,464. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 6 fps.