NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX and NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
  • Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 7.2 billion / sec vs 6.7 billion / sec
  • Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
  • Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 15.403 vs 13.944
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1583 vs 719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1639 vs 690
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1583 vs 719
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1639 vs 690
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 May 2011 vs 3 September 2010
Texture fill rate 7.2 billion / sec vs 6.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 23 Watt
Memory clock speed 900 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.403 vs 13.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1583 vs 719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1639 vs 690
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1583 vs 719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1639 vs 690

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

  • Around 24% higher core clock speed: 1120 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 96 vs 48
  • Around 24% better floating-point performance: 215.04 gflops vs 172.8 gflops
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 523 vs 283
  • 3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 174 vs 53
  • Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1875 vs 1490
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 4.184 vs 3.315
  • Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 172.058 vs 122.375
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 8.145 vs 7.629
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 859 vs 692
  • Around 24% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 859 vs 692
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1120 MHz vs 900 MHz
Pipelines 96 vs 48
Floating-point performance 215.04 gflops vs 172.8 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 523 vs 283
PassMark - G2D Mark 174 vs 53
Geekbench - OpenCL 1875 vs 1490
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 4.184 vs 3.315
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 172.058 vs 122.375
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.145 vs 7.629
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 859 vs 692
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 859 vs 692

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
283
523
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
53
174
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1490
1875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3.315
4.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
122.375
172.058
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
7.629
8.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15.403
13.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
692
859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1583
719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1639
690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
692
859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1583
719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1639
690
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
PassMark - G3D Mark 283 523
PassMark - G2D Mark 53 174
Geekbench - OpenCL 1490 1875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 3.315 4.184
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 122.375 172.058
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 7.629 8.145
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 15.403 13.944
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 692 859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1583 719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1639 690
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 692 859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1583 719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1639 690
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.459

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi
Code name GF119 GF108
Launch date 30 May 2011 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 1572 1574
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 900 MHz 1120 MHz
CUDA cores 48 96
Floating-point performance 172.8 gflops 215.04 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 96
Texture fill rate 7.2 billion / sec 6.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 23 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 585 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12 API 12 API
OpenCL 1.1 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

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 800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers
3D Vision