NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 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 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1500 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- 3.6x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 105 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB (DDR3) vs 512 MB
- 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 136 vs 56
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 April 2011 vs 21 July 2008 |
| Core clock speed | 1620 MHz vs 1500 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt vs 105 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 1 GB (DDR3) vs 512 MB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 136 vs 56 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
- 5.2x more texture fill rate: 33.6 billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec
- 2.3x more pipelines: 112 vs 48
- 2.2x better floating-point performance: 336.0 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
- Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 454 vs 319
- 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2845 vs 903
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3304 vs 1455
- 3.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2845 vs 903
- 2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3304 vs 1455
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 33.6 billion / sec vs 6.5 billion / sec |
| Pipelines | 112 vs 48 |
| Floating-point performance | 336.0 gflops vs 155.52 gflops |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 454 vs 319 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 2845 vs 903 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3304 vs 1455 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 2845 vs 903 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3304 vs 1455 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 319 | 454 |
| 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 | 2845 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1455 | 3304 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 545 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 903 | 2845 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1455 | 3304 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 | NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Tesla |
| Code name | GF119 | G92 |
| Launch date | 13 April 2011 | 21 July 2008 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $59 | $160 |
| Place in performance rating | 1603 | 1063 |
| Price now | $59.99 | $103.99 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 7.58 | 8.86 |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1620 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 48 | 112 |
| Floating-point performance | 155.52 gflops | 336.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 102 °C | 105 °C |
| Pipelines | 48 | 112 |
| Texture fill rate | 6.5 billion / sec | 33.6 billion / sec |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt | 105 Watt |
| Transistor count | 292 million | 754 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | S / PDIF |
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional) | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | 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 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 5.7" (14.5 cm) | 9" (22.9 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 6-pin |
| SLI options | 2-way | |
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) | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 57.6 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz (DDR3) | 900 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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