NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP 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) 4 month(s) later
  • 2.9x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 550 MHz
  • Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 6.5 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
  • 3.5x better floating-point performance: 155.52 gflops vs 44 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB (DDR3) vs 512 MB
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 312 vs 123
  • Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 135 vs 75
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1455 vs 1023
  • Around 42% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1455 vs 1023
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 April 2011 vs 1 December 2009
Core clock speed 1620 MHz vs 550 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec vs 4.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 48 vs 16
Floating-point performance 155.52 gflops vs 44 gflops
Maximum memory size 1 GB (DDR3) vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 312 vs 123
PassMark - G2D Mark 135 vs 75
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1455 vs 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1455 vs 1023

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

  • Around 4% lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 29 Watt
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz (DDR3)
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2855 vs 1274
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 28 Watt vs 29 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz (DDR3)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 2855 vs 1274

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
312
123
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
135
75
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1274
2855
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1455
1023
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1455
1023
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP
PassMark - G3D Mark 312 123
PassMark - G2D Mark 135 75
Geekbench - OpenCL 1274 2855
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 1023
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1455 1023

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name GF119 GT218
Launch date 13 April 2011 1 December 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $59 $169
Place in performance rating 1597 1599
Price now $59.99
Type Desktop Workstation
Value for money (0-100) 7.58

Technical info

Core clock speed 1620 MHz 550 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 155.52 gflops 44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 102 °C
Pipelines 48 16
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec 4.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt 28 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 260 million

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI Internal
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional) 1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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) 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.2 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB (DDR3) 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz (DDR3) 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3

Technologies

CUDA