NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX vs NVIDIA GeForce 320M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX and NVIDIA GeForce 320M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 2x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • Around 35% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 284 vs 210
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 May 2011 vs 1 April 2010
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
Pipelines 48 vs 32
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 284 vs 210

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 320M

  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 59 vs 53
  • Around 66% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2474 vs 1490
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1735 vs 1639
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1735 vs 1639
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 59 vs 53
Geekbench - OpenCL 2474 vs 1490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1735 vs 1639
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1735 vs 1639

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 320M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
284
210
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
53
59
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1490
2474
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1639
1735
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1639
1735
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX NVIDIA GeForce 320M
PassMark - G3D Mark 284 210
PassMark - G2D Mark 53 59
Geekbench - OpenCL 1490 2474
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 1735
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1639 1735

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX NVIDIA GeForce 320M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name GF119 MCP89
Launch date 30 May 2011 1 April 2010
Place in performance rating 1572 1574
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 900 MHz 450 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 172.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 32
Texture fill rate 7.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 486 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16

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 yes

Technologies

CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers