NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 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 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1360 MHz
- Around 8% better floating-point performance: 155.52 gflops vs 144 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
- 2x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 58 Watt
- Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 790 MHz
- Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 319 vs 220
- 3.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 136 vs 44
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 April 2011 vs 26 January 2010 |
| Core clock speed | 1620 MHz vs 1360 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 155.52 gflops vs 144 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 65 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt vs 58 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz (DDR3) vs 790 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 319 vs 220 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 136 vs 44 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
- 2.2x more texture fill rate: 14.4 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
- 4.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5892 vs 1277
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1686 vs 1455
- Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1686 vs 1455
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 14.4 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec |
| Benchmarks | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 5892 vs 1277 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1686 vs 1455 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1686 vs 1455 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 220
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 319 | 220 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 136 | 44 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 1277 | 5892 |
| 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 | 1686 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 545 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 903 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1455 | 1686 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Tesla |
| Code name | GF119 | G94 |
| Launch date | 13 April 2011 | 26 January 2010 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $59 | $79.99 |
| Place in performance rating | 1603 | 1583 |
| Price now | $59.99 | $79.99 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 7.58 | 5.72 |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 1620 MHz | 1360 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 48 | 48 |
| Floating-point performance | 155.52 gflops | 144 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 65 nm |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 102 °C | 105 °C |
| Pipelines | 48 | 48 |
| Texture fill rate | 6.5 billion / sec | 14.4 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 29 Watt | 58 Watt |
| Transistor count | 292 million | 505 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | S / PDIF + HDA |
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional) | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, VGADVIHDMI |
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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 | PCI-E 2.0 |
| Height | 2.7" (6.9 cm) | 4.376" (11.1 cm) |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Length | 5.7" (14.5 cm) | 6.6" (16.8 cm) |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 3.1 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB (DDR3) | 1 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 25.3 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz (DDR3) | 790 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
Technologies |
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