NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX and NVIDIA Quadro FX 380 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 2 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 2x more core clock speed: 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
  • 2x more texture fill rate: 7.2 billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s
  • 3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
  • 4.9x better floating-point performance: 172.8 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 70% lower typical power consumption: 20 Watt vs 34 Watt
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 285 vs 173
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1639 vs 1230
  • Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1639 vs 1230
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 May 2011 vs 30 March 2009
Core clock speed 900 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate 7.2 billion / sec vs 3.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 48 vs 16
Floating-point performance 172.8 gflops vs 35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt vs 34 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 285 vs 173
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1639 vs 1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1639 vs 1230

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

  • Around 56% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 66 vs 53
Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 66 vs 53

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
285
173
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
53
66
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1639
1230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1639
1230
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX NVIDIA Quadro FX 380
PassMark - G3D Mark 285 173
PassMark - G2D Mark 53 66
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 1230
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1583
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1639 1230

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX NVIDIA Quadro FX 380

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Tesla
Code name GF119 G96
Launch date 30 May 2011 30 March 2009
Place in performance rating 1569 1572
Type Laptop Workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $129
Price now $72.50
Value for money (0-100) 2.68

Technical info

Core clock speed 900 MHz 450 MHz
CUDA cores 48
Floating-point performance 172.8 gflops 35.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 48 16
Texture fill rate 7.2 billion / sec 3.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 20 Watt 34 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 314 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 198 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 API 10.0
OpenCL 1.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1400 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
Verde Drivers