NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX and NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 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 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
- 2x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 90 nm
- 4x lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 80 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
- Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 285 vs 260
- Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1639 vs 882
- Around 86% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1639 vs 882
Specifications (specs) | |
Launch date | 30 May 2011 vs 22 May 2006 |
Core clock speed | 900 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm vs 90 nm |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt vs 80 Watt |
Maximum memory size | 1 GB vs 256 MB |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 285 vs 260 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 1639 vs 882 |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1639 vs 882 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
- Around 25% higher texture fill rate: 9 GTexel / s vs 7.2 billion / sec
- Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 900 MHz
- Around 53% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 81 vs 53
Specifications (specs) | |
Texture fill rate | 9 GTexel / s vs 7.2 billion / sec |
Memory clock speed | 1320 MHz vs 900 MHz |
Benchmarks | |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 81 vs 53 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500
PassMark - G3D Mark |
|
|
||||
PassMark - G2D Mark |
|
|
||||
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) |
|
|
||||
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) |
|
|
Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 |
---|---|---|
PassMark - G3D Mark | 285 | 260 |
PassMark - G2D Mark | 53 | 81 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 1487 | |
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 | 882 |
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 692 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 1583 | |
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 1639 | 882 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX | NVIDIA Quadro FX 3500 | |
---|---|---|
Essentials |
||
Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Curie |
Code name | GF119 | G71 |
Launch date | 30 May 2011 | 22 May 2006 |
Place in performance rating | 1569 | 1566 |
Type | Laptop | Workstation |
Launch price (MSRP) | $1,599 | |
Price now | $129.98 | |
Value for money (0-100) | 2.07 | |
Technical info |
||
Core clock speed | 900 MHz | 450 MHz |
CUDA cores | 48 | |
Floating-point performance | 172.8 gflops | |
Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 90 nm |
Pipelines | 48 | |
Texture fill rate | 7.2 billion / sec | 9 GTexel / s |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 20 Watt | 80 Watt |
Transistor count | 292 million | 278 million |
Video outputs and ports |
||
Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
||
Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Length | 173 mm | |
Supplementary power connectors | None | |
API support |
||
DirectX | 12 API | 9.0c |
OpenCL | 1.1 | |
OpenGL | 4.5 | 2.1 |
Memory |
||
Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 256 MB |
Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 42.2 GB / s |
Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
Memory clock speed | 900 MHz | 1320 MHz |
Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
||
CUDA | ||
DirectCompute | ||
DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 | |
Optimus | ||
Verde Drivers |