NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX vs Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX and Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600 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).

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz
12x more pipelines: 48 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 45 nm
47.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 283 vs 6

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 May 2011 vs 1 May 2010
Core clock speed	900 MHz vs 400 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 45 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	283 vs 6

Reasons to consider the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 58 vs 53

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	58 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
GPU 2: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

283

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
PassMark - G3D Mark	283	6
PassMark - G2D Mark	53	58
Geekbench - OpenCL	1490
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.315
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	122.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.629
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	15.403
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
Essentials
Architecture	Fermi 2.0	PowerVR SGX5
Code name	GF119	GMA 600
Launch date	30 May 2011	1 May 2010
Place in performance rating	1572	1575
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	900 MHz	400 MHz
CUDA cores	48
Floating-point performance	172.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	45 nm
Pipelines	48	4
Texture fill rate	7.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	20 Watt
Transistor count	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12 API	9.0c
OpenCL	1.1
OpenGL	4.5
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	yes
Technologies
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11	DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers