NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs Intel HD Graphics 3000
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and Intel HD Graphics 3000 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 GT 520
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
- Around 91% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 850 MHz
- 3.8x more texture fill rate: 6.5 billion / sec vs 1.7 GTexel / s
- 4x more pipelines: 48 vs 12
- 7.6x better floating-point performance: 155.52 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
- Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 312 vs 258
- 3.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 36
- 14.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1455 vs 101
- 14.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1455 vs 101
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 13 April 2011 vs 1 February 2011 |
Core clock speed | 1620 MHz vs 850 MHz |
Texture fill rate | 6.5 billion / sec vs 1.7 GTexel / s |
Pipelines | 48 vs 12 |
Floating-point performance | 155.52 gflops vs 20.4 gflops |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 312 vs 258 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 135 vs 36 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1455 vs 101 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1455 vs 101 |
Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
- Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1137 vs 903
- Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1137 vs 903
Specifications (specs) | |
Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm vs 40 nm |
Benchmarks | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 1137 vs 903 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1137 vs 903 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 3000
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 | Intel HD Graphics 3000 |
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PassMark - G3D Mark | 312 | 258 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 135 | 36 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 1274 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 2.597 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 76.214 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.239 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 5.862 | |
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 4.574 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 545 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 903 | 1137 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1455 | 101 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 545 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 903 | 1137 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1455 | 101 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 | Intel HD Graphics 3000 | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Generation 6.0 |
Code name | GF119 | Sandy Bridge GT2 |
Launch date | 13 April 2011 | 1 February 2011 |
Launch price (MSRP) | $59 | |
Place in performance rating | 1597 | 1598 |
Price now | $59.99 | |
Type | Desktop | Laptop |
Value for money (0-100) | 7.58 | |
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 1620 MHz | 850 MHz |
CUDA cores | 48 | |
Floating-point performance | 155.52 gflops | 20.4 gflops |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 32 nm |
Maximum GPU temperature | 102 °C | |
Pipelines | 48 | 12 |
Texture fill rate | 6.5 billion / sec | 1.7 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt | |
Transistor count | 292 million | 995 million |
Boost clock speed | 1100 MHz | |
Video outputs and ports |
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Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional) | No outputs |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | |
Height | 2.7" (6.9 cm) | |
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 5.7" (14.5 cm) | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 4.2 | 3.1 |
Memory |
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Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB (DDR3) | |
Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 / 128 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 900 MHz (DDR3) | |
Memory type | DDR3 | |
Shared memory | 1 | |
Technologies |
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