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).

 

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 286
PassMark - G2D Mark 74
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 1564
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

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