NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 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 Quadro FX 880M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 22% higher core clock speed: 672 MHz vs 550 MHz
Around 11% better floating-point performance: 129.02 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 12 Watt vs 35 Watt
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 286 vs 231
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 77 vs 53
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2380 vs 1814
Around 31% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2380 vs 1814

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 January 2011 vs 7 January 2010
Core clock speed	672 MHz vs 550 MHz
Floating-point performance	129.02 gflops vs 116.16 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	12 Watt vs 35 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	286 vs 231
PassMark - G2D Mark	77 vs 53
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2380 vs 1814
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2380 vs 1814

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M

Around 49% higher texture fill rate: 8.8 GTexel / s vs 5.9 billion / sec
Around 98% higher memory clock speed: 1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6543 vs 1313

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	8.8 GTexel / s vs 5.9 billion / sec
Memory clock speed	1580 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	6543 vs 1313

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

286

231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1313

6543

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2380

1814

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2380

1814

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
PassMark - G3D Mark	286	231
PassMark - G2D Mark	77	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	1313	6543
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	1814
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	536
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1731
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2380	1814

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GF108	GT216
Launch date	5 January 2011	7 January 2010
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99
Place in performance rating	1558	1561
Price now	$59.99
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Value for money (0-100)	7.54
Technical info
Core clock speed	672 MHz	550 MHz
CUDA cores	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	35 Watt
Transistor count	585 million	486 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.1
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB / s	25.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1580 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
CUDA
DirectCompute
Optimus
Verde Drivers