NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX

GeForce GT 520MX videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 30 May 2011. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on Fermi 2.0 microarchitecture codenamed GF119.

Core clock speed - 900 MHz. Texture fill rate - 7.2 billion / sec. Pipelines - 48. Floating-point performance - 172.8 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 292 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 20 Watt.

Memory type: DDR3. Maximum RAM amount - 1 GB. Memory bus width - 64 Bit. Memory clock speed - 900 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 14.4 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38534
283
PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1294
54
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345391
1490
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Face Detection
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
939.363 mPixels/s
3.315 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Ocean Surface Simulation
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
14101.507 Frames/s
122.375 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Video Composition
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
530.303 Frames/s
7.629 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop
Bitcoin Mining
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
4413.025 mHash/s
15.403 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770 Frames
692 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823 Frames
1583 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225 Frames
1639 Frames
GFXBench 4.0
Car Chase Offscreen
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
34770.000 Fps
692.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
Manhattan
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
27823.000 Fps
1583.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0
T-Rex
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
69225.000 Fps
1639.000 Fps
Name Value
PassMark - G3D Mark 283
PassMark - G2D Mark 54
Geekbench - OpenCL 1490
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection 3.315 mPixels/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation 122.375 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition 7.629 Frames/s
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining 15.403 mHash/s
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 692 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1583 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1639 Frames
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen 692.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan 1583.000 Fps
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex 1639.000 Fps

Games performance

Counter-Strike: GO (2012)

Low, 1024x76875.00
Medium, 1366x76868.00
High, 1366x76838.00

World of Tanks v8 (2012)

Low, 1024x76842.60
Medium, 1366x76815.10
High, 1366x76813.00

Borderlands 2 (2012)

Low, 1024x76833.00
Medium, 1366x76825.30
High, 1366x76820.00

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x72036.10
High, 1366x76825.10

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x72031.35
Medium, 1366x76821.90
High, 1366x76815.40

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x76811.80
Medium, 1366x76810.50

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x76862.60
High, 1366x76826.30

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

High, 1024x76821.60

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0
Code name GF119
Launch date 30 May 2011
Place in performance rating 1572
Type Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 900 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 172.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm
Pipelines 48
Texture fill rate 7.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt
Transistor count 292 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 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers