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

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
312
258
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
135
36
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
903
1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1455
101
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
903
1137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1455
101
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 Intel HD Graphics 3000
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

Essentials

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 1598 1599
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 7.58

Technical info

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

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
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.2 3.1

Memory

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

CUDA