NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT 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 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- 3.5x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 459 MHz
- Around 81% higher texture fill rate: 6.5 billion / sec vs 3.6 billion / sec
- 3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
- 5.3x better floating-point performance: 155.52 gflops vs 29.376 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 80 nm
- Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 30 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB (DDR3) vs 256 MB
- Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 800 MHz
- 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 319 vs 149
- 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 136 vs 32
- Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1455 vs 996
- Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1455 vs 996
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 April 2011 vs 17 April 2007 |
| Core clock speed | 1620 MHz vs 459 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 6.5 billion / sec vs 3.6 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 48 vs 16 |
| Floating-point performance | 155.52 gflops vs 29.376 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 80 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt vs 30 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB (DDR3) vs 256 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 800 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 319 vs 149 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 136 vs 32 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1455 vs 996 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1455 vs 996 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 | NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 319 | 149 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 136 | 32 |
| 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 | 996 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 545 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 903 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1455 | 996 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 | NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Tesla |
| Code name | GF119 | G86 |
| Launch date | 13 April 2011 | 17 April 2007 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $59 | $129 |
| Place in performance rating | 1603 | 1657 |
| Price now | $59.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 7.58 | |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1620 MHz | 459 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 48 | |
| Floating-point performance | 155.52 gflops | 29.376 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 80 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 102 °C | |
| Pipelines | 48 | 16 |
| Texture fill rate | 6.5 billion / sec | 3.6 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Transistor count | 292 million | 210 million |
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) | 1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video |
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| 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) | 229 mm |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB (DDR3) | 256 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 12.8 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz (DDR3) | 800 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Standard memory config per GPU | 256 MB | |
Technologies |
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