NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4100 IGP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4100 IGP 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 - 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4100 IGP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.6x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 350 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 55 nm

Launch date	30 May 2011 vs 1 November 2009
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 55 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4100 IGP

Around 82% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 6.025 vs 3.315
4.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 512.106 vs 122.375
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 19.201 vs 7.629
5.4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 83.628 vs 15.403

Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.025 vs 3.315
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	512.106 vs 122.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.201 vs 7.629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	83.628 vs 15.403

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
GPU 2: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4100 IGP

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3.315

6.025

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

122.375

512.106

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

7.629

19.201

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15.403

83.628

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4100 IGP
PassMark - G3D Mark	285
PassMark - G2D Mark	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	1487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.315	6.025
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	122.375	512.106
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.629	19.201
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	15.403	83.628
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1639
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1639
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.497

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4100 IGP
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	TeraScale
Code name	GF119	RS880
Launch date	30 May 2011	1 November 2009
Place in performance rating	1569	1571
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	350 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	172.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	48
Texture fill rate	7.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	181 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12 API	10.1
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers