AMD 520 mobile graphics - Need info on this card - GCN version, Architecture

[Linuser2k18]

Hi,
I bought an HP 15-BS576TX laptop which comes with switchable graphics with dedicated graphics processor AMD Radeon 520 2GB DDR3. I'm searching for some info about this card, which appears to be a rebranded version of older AMD card. This card is said to be older than Polaris architecture. So, Any guess what this card originally is? Because I need to configure the correct driver in Linux. It is reported as "AMD HAINAN" when using Linux. If it is SI or something better? If it is an older GPU, then I should satisfy with the old "radeon" driver in Linux. While, if it is really HAINAN and above, I can perhaps use the AMD contributed opensource driver which is actively developed called "amdgpu". That is why, I want to know more about this card. Is it really the equals to the laptop cards like R7 M440?

AMD Radeon 520
The Radeon 520 is a dedicated entry-level graphics card for laptops that was released in 2017. AMD reveals that the chip features five compute units based on the GCN architecture and 2 GB GDDR5 64-bit graphics memory. The new chip is not based on the Polaris architecture from 2016, but the old one that was introduced with the Radeon R5 M230 in 2014 and later used in the M330 and M430 / M440 / M445.

Due to the higher clock speed of up to 1030 MHz, the Radeon 520 should be slightly faster than the old Radeon R7 M445 (920 MHz, 320 shader units, GDDR5). However, the performance should be comparable, which means that demanding games like Dishonored 2, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare or XCOM 2 should not run smoothly. Less demanding games like Overwatch, Fifa 17 (with a fast CPU) or Farming Simulator 17, would run well, but using low to medium detail settings. If only DDR3 is used, the performance should be on par with the Radeon R7 M440 (1021 MHz, 320 shader units, DDR3).

https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-520-GPU-Benchmarks-and-Specs.214532.0.html
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/3003/radeon-520

 

[Linuser2k18]

I don't know if this info is absolute, but when I installed AMD 520 drivers to autodetect GPU and install on Windows 10, the GPU is shown as R5 M330. (I uninstalled the driver from AMD). When I installed the AMD/Intel Switchable driver from HP, the GPU is correctly shown as AMD R520. What this means, perhaps is R5 M330 may be very similar to this AMD R520..may be?

 

[eidairaman1]

Probably the same.

Its like a 6350 being a 7400 series card.