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).

 

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: 312 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 312 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
  • 4.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5644 vs 1274
  • 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 1274
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
312
212
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
135
39
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1274
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 312 212
PassMark - G2D Mark 135 39
Geekbench - OpenCL 1274 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 1597 1600
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