NVIDIA GeForce 405M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 405M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 405M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405M

Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1212 MHz vs 672 MHz

Core clock speed	1212 MHz vs 672 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 5.9 billion / sec vs 4.85 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
3.3x better floating-point performance: 129.02 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 14 Watt

Texture fill rate	5.9 billion / sec vs 4.85 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 16
Floating-point performance	129.02 gflops vs 38.78 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 14 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 405M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 405M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
PassMark - G3D Mark		281
PassMark - G2D Mark		75
Geekbench - OpenCL		1333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		3.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		83.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.92
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		4.992
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2380
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2380

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 405M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GT218	GF108
Launch date	5 January 2011	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated	1565
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$59.99
Price now		$59.99
Value for money (0-100)		7.54
Technical info
Core clock speed	1212 MHz	672 MHz
CUDA cores	16	48
Floating-point performance	38.78 gflops	129.02 gflops
Gigaflops	73
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	48
Texture fill rate	4.85 GTexel / s	5.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPort, HDMI, VGA, Dual Link DVI, Single Link DVI	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12 API	12 API
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
DirectCompute
Optimus
Verde Drivers