NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX 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

NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
11.7x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 140 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 512 MB

Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 28 March 2008
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 140 Watt
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 512 MB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

2.5x more core clock speed: 1688 MHz vs 672 MHz
7.3x more texture fill rate: 43.2 billion / sec vs 5.9 billion / sec
2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
3.3x better floating-point performance: 432.1 gflops vs 129.02 gflops
Around 38% higher memory clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 769 vs 286
4.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 366 vs 77

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1688 MHz vs 672 MHz
Texture fill rate	43.2 billion / sec vs 5.9 billion / sec
Pipelines	128 vs 48
Floating-point performance	432.1 gflops vs 129.02 gflops
Memory clock speed	1100 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	769 vs 286
PassMark - G2D Mark	366 vs 77

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

286

769

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

366

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
PassMark - G3D Mark	286	769
PassMark - G2D Mark	77	366
Geekbench - OpenCL	1313
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	NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla
Code name	GF108	G92
Launch date	5 January 2011	28 March 2008
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99	$299
Place in performance rating	1558	438
Price now	$59.99
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	7.54
Technical info
Core clock speed	672 MHz	1688 MHz
CUDA cores	48	128
Floating-point performance	129.02 gflops	432.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	128
Texture fill rate	5.9 billion / sec	43.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt	140 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	754 million
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, HDTVDual Link DVI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.0
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	70.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1100 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
DirectCompute
Optimus
Verde Drivers
3D Vision
SLI