GeForce GT 520 vs GeForce GT 545
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520 |
| 41 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GT 545 . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 545 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 545
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 520 | | GeForce GT 545 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) | vs | GF116 (GF116-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 79 mm² | vs | 238 mm² |
| Transistors | 292 million | vs | 1,170 million |
| Shaders | 48 | vs | 144 |
| Compute Units | 1 | vs | 3 |
| Core clock | 810 MHz | vs | 720 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 24 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 520 | | GeForce GT 545 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 192 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1536 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 520 | | GeForce GT 545 | |
|---|
| TDP | 29 watts | vs | 70 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Apr 2011 | vs | 14 May 2011 |
GeForce GT 520
1.62 GP/s
GeForce GT 545
4.32 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
6.48 GT/s
GeForce GT 545
17.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
14.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 545
38.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
155.50 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 545
414.70 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better