NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

GeForce GT 520 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 13 April 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $59. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on Fermi 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GF119.

Core clock speed - 1620 MHz. Texture fill rate - 6.5 billion / sec. Pipelines - 48. Floating-point performance - 155.52 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 292 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 29 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB (DDR3). Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 900 MHz (DDR3). Memory bandwidth - 14.4 GB / s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38695
310
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1305
135
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
353875
1271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
2.597 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
76.214 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
95.851 Frames/s
0.239 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
461.690 Frames/s
5.862 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4429.590 mHash/s
4.574 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
545 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
903 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1455 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
545.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
903.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1455.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 310
PassMark - G2D Mark 135
Geekbench - OpenCL 1271
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 2.597 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 76.214 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.239 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 5.862 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 4.574 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 545 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 903 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1455 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 545.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 903.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1455.000 Fps

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF119
Launch date 13 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $59
Place in performance rating 1591
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop
Value for money (0-100) 7.58

Technical info

Core clock speed 1620 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 102 °C
Pipelines 48
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt
Transistor count 292 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type DDR3

Technologies

CUDA