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 |
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 | NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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) | |
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 |
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DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 10.1 |
OpenGL | 4.2 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |
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HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 |