NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI vs NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI and NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3.2x more core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 250 MHz
6.5x more texture fill rate: 6.48 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 150 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 128 MB
4.5x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 400 MHz

Launch date	13 April 2011 vs 6 March 2003
Core clock speed	810 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	6.48 GTexel / s vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
PassMark - G3D Mark		8
PassMark - G2D Mark		154

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCI	NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Rankine
Code name	GF119	NV34 A2
Launch date	13 April 2011	6 March 2003
Place in performance rating	not rated	1119
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$69.99
Price now		$69.99
Value for money (0-100)		0.12
Technical info
Core clock speed	810 MHz	250 MHz
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	6.48 GTexel / s	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	45 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCI	AGP 8x
Length	168 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0a
OpenGL	4.6	1.5 (2.1)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR