NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 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 520M

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 400 MHz
12x more pipelines: 48 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 45 nm
47.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 285 vs 6
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 75 vs 58

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 1 May 2010
Core clock speed	672 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	285 vs 6
PassMark - G2D Mark	75 vs 58

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
GPU 2: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

285

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
PassMark - G3D Mark	285	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	75	58
Geekbench - OpenCL	1319
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.237
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	83.376
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.26
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	5.92
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.992
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2380
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2380

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	PowerVR SGX5
Code name	GF108	GMA 600
Launch date	5 January 2011	1 May 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1561	1562
Price now	$59.99
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	7.54
Technical info
Core clock speed	672 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	45 nm
Pipelines	48	4
Texture fill rate	5.9 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt
Transistor count	585 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0	yes
Technologies
CUDA
DirectCompute
Optimus
Verde Drivers