NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M 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 520M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 11% better floating-point performance: 129.02 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 286 vs 213
  • Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 74 vs 49
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2380 vs 1860
  • Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2380 vs 1860
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 January 2011 vs 15 June 2009
Floating-point performance 129.02 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 286 vs 213
PassMark - G2D Mark 74 vs 49
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2380 vs 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2380 vs 1860

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

  • Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1210 MHz vs 672 MHz
  • Around 49% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 5.9 billion / sec
  • 4.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6433 vs 1333
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1210 MHz vs 672 MHz
Texture fill rate 8.8 GTexel / s vs 5.9 billion / sec
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 6433 vs 1333

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
286
213
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
74
49
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1333
6433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2380
1860
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2380
1860
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
PassMark - G3D Mark 286 213
PassMark - G2D Mark 74 49
Geekbench - OpenCL 1333 6433
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 1860
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2380 1860

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi Tesla 2.0
Code name GF108 GT216
Launch date 5 January 2011 15 June 2009
Launch price (MSRP) $59.99
Place in performance rating 1564 1567
Price now $59.99
Type Laptop Laptop
Value for money (0-100) 7.54

Technical info

Core clock speed 672 MHz 1210 MHz
CUDA cores 48 48
Floating-point performance 129.02 gflops 116.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 48
Texture fill rate 5.9 billion / sec 8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 12 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 486 million
Gigaflops 174

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Single Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGA
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
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.1
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 12.8 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectCompute
Optimus
Verde Drivers
HybridPower
Power management 8.0