NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

GeForce GT 520M videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 5 January 2011. At the time of release, the videocard cost $59.99. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi microarchitecture codenamed GF108.

Core clock speed - 672 MHz. Texture fill rate - 5.9 billion / sec. Pipelines - 48. Floating-point performance - 129.02 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 585 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 12 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 800 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 12.8 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
285
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
74
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
1326
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
3.237 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
83.376 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
93.230 Frames/s
0.260 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
5.920 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
4.992 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
536 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1731 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
2380 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
536.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1731.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
2380.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 285
PassMark - G2D Mark 74
Geekbench - OpenCL 1326
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 3.237 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 83.376 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex 0.260 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 5.920 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 4.992 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 536 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1731 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2380 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 536.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1731.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 2380.000 Fps

Games performance

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72026.35
Medium, 1366x76817.60
High, 1366x76811.45

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76820.50
Medium, 1366x76812.75
High, 1366x7689.80

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x76857.80
High, 1366x76822.05
Ultra, 1920x10807.00

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768140.60
Medium, 1360x76826.90
High, 1360x76819.00
Ultra, 1920x108010.00

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x60031.10
Medium, 1360x76817.10
High, 1600x9008.80
Ultra, 1920x10803.60

Stalker: Call of Pripyat (2010)

Ultra, 1920x12006.80

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008)

Low, 800x60045.19
Medium, 1024x76828.41
High, 1280x102419.68

Left 4 Dead (2008)

Low, 640x480119.00
High, 1024x76846.00

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Low, 640x480242.00
High, 1024x76845.60
Ultra, 1920x108015.60

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007)

Low, 800x600133.50
Medium, 1024x76857.20

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Low, 1024x76847.20
Medium, 1024x76830.70
High, 1024x76825.40
Ultra, 1920x108011.70

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

Low, 1024x76868.80
Medium, 1024x76827.75
High, 1024x76816.35
Ultra, 1920x10803.95

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Low, 800x600151.00
Medium, 1024x76842.00
High, 1024x76824.00
Ultra, 1920x10808.00

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005)

High, 1024x768143.55

World of Warcraft (2005)

Low, 800x600197.75
Medium, 1024x76868.45
High, 1280x102423.80

Doom 3 (2004)

Ultra, 1024x76898.60

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)

High, 1024x768181.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi
Code name GF108
Launch date 5 January 2011
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99
Place in performance rating 1563
Price now $59.99
Type Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 7.54

Technical info

Core clock speed 672 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 48
Texture fill rate 5.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt
Transistor count 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16

API support

DirectX 12 API
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectCompute
Optimus
Verde Drivers