NVIDIA GeForce 410M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 410M 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 - 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce 410M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 410M

Around 71% higher core clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 672 MHz
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 127 vs 74
Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 86.519 vs 83.376
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 7.048 vs 4.992

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1150 MHz vs 672 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	127 vs 74
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	86.519 vs 83.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	7.048 vs 4.992

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 5.9 billion / sec vs 4.6 GTexel / s
Around 17% better floating-point performance: 129.02 gflops vs 110.4 gflops
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 286 vs 256
Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1333 vs 1032
Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 3.237 vs 2.846
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 536 vs 494
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1731 vs 1163
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2380 vs 1570
Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 536 vs 494
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1731 vs 1163
Around 52% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2380 vs 1570

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	5.9 billion / sec vs 4.6 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	129.02 gflops vs 110.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	286 vs 256
Geekbench - OpenCL	1333 vs 1032
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.237 vs 2.846
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	536 vs 494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1731 vs 1163
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2380 vs 1570
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	536 vs 494
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1731 vs 1163
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2380 vs 1570

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 410M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

256

286

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

127

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1032

1333

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2.846

3.237

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

86.519

83.376

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.048

4.992

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

536

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1163

1731

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1570

2380

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

494

536

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1163

1731

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1570

2380

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 410M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
PassMark - G3D Mark	256	286
PassMark - G2D Mark	127	74
Geekbench - OpenCL	1032	1333
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	2.846	3.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	86.519	83.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	7.048	4.992
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	494	536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1163	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1570	2380
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	494	536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1163	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1570	2380
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.92

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 410M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Fermi
Code name	GF119	GF108
Launch date	5 January 2011	5 January 2011
Place in performance rating	1563	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	1150 MHz	672 MHz
CUDA cores	48	48
Floating-point performance	110.4 gflops	129.02 gflops
Gigaflops	73
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	48	48
Texture fill rate	4.6 GTexel / s	5.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	12 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle 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	12.0 (11_0)	12 API
OpenGL	1	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
Power management	8.0
DirectCompute
Optimus
Verde Drivers