NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 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) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 42% better floating-point performance: 172.8 gflops vs 121.44 gflops
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 284 vs 216
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 53 vs 42
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 May 2011 vs 10 January 2010
Floating-point performance 172.8 gflops vs 121.44 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 284 vs 216
PassMark - G2D Mark 53 vs 42

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 9.2 GTexel / s vs 7.2 billion / sec
  • 3.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5251 vs 1490
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1903 vs 1639
  • Around 16% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1903 vs 1639
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 9.2 GTexel / s vs 7.2 billion / sec
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5251 vs 1490
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1903 vs 1639
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1903 vs 1639

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
284
216
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
53
42
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1490
5251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1639
1903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1639
1903
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
PassMark - G3D Mark 284 216
PassMark - G2D Mark 53 42
Geekbench - OpenCL 1490 5251
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 1903
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1639 1903

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name GF119 GT216
Launch date 30 May 2011 10 January 2010
Place in performance rating 1572 1575
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 900 MHz
CUDA cores 48 48
Floating-point performance 172.8 gflops 121.44 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 48
Texture fill rate 7.2 billion / sec 9.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 486 million
Gigaflops 182

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 MXM-A (3.0)
Bus support PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.1
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers
HybridPower
Power management 8.0
SLI