NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM

5.2x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 150 Watt
166.7x more memory clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz vs 6.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Around 55% higher core clock speed: 915 MHz vs 589 MHz
10.9x more texture fill rate: 102.5 billion / sec vs 9.424 GTexel / s
14x more pipelines: 1344 vs 96
9.1x better floating-point performance: 2,459.5 gflops vs 269.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB

Core clock speed	915 MHz vs 589 MHz
Texture fill rate	102.5 billion / sec vs 9.424 GTexel / s
Pipelines	1344 vs 96
Floating-point performance	2,459.5 gflops vs 269.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
PassMark - G3D Mark		4422
PassMark - G2D Mark		465
Geekbench - OpenCL		15315
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		36.256
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1029.267
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		45.894
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		82.191
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3285
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1616

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Kepler
Code name	GF119	GK104
Launch date	20 August 2012	16 August 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated	745
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$299
Price now		$321.99
Value for money (0-100)		17.34
Technical info
Core clock speed	589 MHz	915 MHz
Floating-point performance	269.2 gflops	2,459.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	96	1344
Texture fill rate	9.424 GTexel / s	102.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	3,540 million
Boost clock speed		980 MHz
CUDA cores		1344
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, One Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI...
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	9.5" (24.1 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None	Two 6-pin
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
SLI options		3-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	8 GB / s	144.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192-bit GDDR5
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	6.0 GB/s
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
GPU Boost
SLI
TXAA