NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
4.6x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 110 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 1 GB (DDR3) vs 128 MB
Around 69% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 532 MHz
9.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 319 vs 33
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 136 vs 56

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 April 2011 vs 4 April 2005
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 110 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB (DDR3) vs 128 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz (DDR3) vs 532 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	319 vs 33
PassMark - G2D Mark	136 vs 56

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

107.7x more texture fill rate: 700 MTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec

Texture fill rate	700 MTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

319

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

136

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
PassMark - G3D Mark	319	33
PassMark - G2D Mark	136	56
Geekbench - OpenCL	1277
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
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1455
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1455

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520	NVIDIA GeForce 6200 LE
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Curie
Code name	GF119	NV44 A2
Launch date	13 April 2011	4 April 2005
Launch price (MSRP)	$59	$41.24
Place in performance rating	1603	1600
Price now	$59.99	$41.24
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.58	0.81
Technical info
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	110 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion / sec	700 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	75 million
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
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	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB (DDR3)	128 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	3.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz (DDR3)	532 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR
Technologies
CUDA