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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 LP

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: 310 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	310 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 1271

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 1271

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

310

123

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

135

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1271

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	310	123
PassMark - G2D Mark	135	75
Geekbench - OpenCL	1271	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	1591	1593
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