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
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PassMark - G2D Mark |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
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GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M | NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | No outputs | Single Link DVIDisplayPortDual Link DVIHDMIVGA |
HDMI | ||
Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
Multi monitor support | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | |
Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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DirectX | 12 API | 10.1 |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
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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 |
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DirectCompute | ||
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Verde Drivers | ||
HybridPower | ||
Power management | 8.0 |