NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 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: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 1796 MHz vs 900 MHz (DDR3)
  • Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 2.756 vs 2.597
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 637 vs 545
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 637 vs 545
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1148 vs 903
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1148 vs 903
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 April 2012 vs 13 April 2011
Memory clock speed 1796 MHz vs 900 MHz (DDR3)
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.756 vs 2.597
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 637 vs 545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 637 vs 545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1148 vs 903
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1148 vs 903

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

  • 2x more core clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 810 MHz
  • Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 30 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 1 GB (DDR3) vs 512 MB
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1455 vs 1364
  • Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1455 vs 1364
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1620 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate 6.5 billion / sec vs 6.48 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 155.52 gflops vs 155.5 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 29 Watt vs 30 Watt
Maximum memory size 1 GB (DDR3) vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1455 vs 1364
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1455 vs 1364

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.756
2.597
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
637
545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
637
545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1148
903
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1148
903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1364
1455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1364
1455
Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.756 2.597
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 637 545
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 637 545
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1148 903
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1148 903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1364 1455
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1364 1455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0 0.239
PassMark - G3D Mark 312
PassMark - G2D Mark 135
Geekbench - OpenCL 1274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 76.214
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.574

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 OEM NVIDIA GeForce GT 520

Essentials

Architecture Fermi 2.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name GF119 GF119
Launch date 2 April 2012 13 April 2011
Place in performance rating 1597 1598
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $59
Price now $59.99
Value for money (0-100) 7.58

Technical info

Core clock speed 810 MHz 1620 MHz
Floating-point performance 155.5 gflops 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 48 48
Texture fill rate 6.48 GTexel / s 6.5 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 30 Watt 29 Watt
Transistor count 292 million 292 million
CUDA cores 48
Maximum GPU temperature 102 °C

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA, Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 145 mm 5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors None None
Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
Height 2.7" (6.9 cm)

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth 14.37 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1796 MHz 900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory type DDR3 DDR3

Technologies

CUDA