NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M 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 GT 230M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Around 47% better floating-point performance: 155.52 gflops vs 105.6 gflops
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 311 vs 212
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 39

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 April 2011 vs 15 June 2009
Core clock speed	1620 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops vs 105.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	311 vs 212
PassMark - G2D Mark	135 vs 39

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 8 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
Around 26% lower typical power consumption: 23 Watt vs 29 Watt
4.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5644 vs 1262
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1727 vs 1455
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1727 vs 1455

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8 GTexel / s vs 6.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt vs 29 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	5644 vs 1262
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1727 vs 1455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1727 vs 1455

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

311

212

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1262

5644

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1455

1727

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1455

1727

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
PassMark - G3D Mark	311	212
PassMark - G2D Mark	135	39
Geekbench - OpenCL	1262	5644
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	1727
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1455	1727

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF119	GT216
Launch date	13 April 2011	15 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP)	$59
Place in performance rating	1598	1601
Price now	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	7.58
Technical info
Core clock speed	1620 MHz	1100 MHz
CUDA cores	48	48
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops	105.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C
Pipelines	48	48
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion / sec	8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	486 million
Gigaflops		158
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	HDA
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)	Dual Link DVIVGADisplayPortHDMISingle Link DVI
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	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)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.2	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	16 (DDR2), 25 (DDR3)
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management		8.0