GeForce GTX 560 Ti vs GeForce GT 520

GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 25 Jan 2011
GeForce GTX 560 Ti
GeForce GT 520
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Apr 2011
GeForce GT 520

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    817%
  • GeForce GT 520
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 560 Ti

Around 717% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520

141 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 560 Ti .
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 560 Ti

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 560 Ti

The GeForce GTX 560 Ti is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GT 520
GPU NameGF114 (GF114-400-A1)vsGF119 (GF119-300-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs79 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs292 million
Shaders384vs48
Compute Units8vs1
Core clock823 MHzvs810 MHz
ROPs32vs4
TMUs64vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GT 520
Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed1002 MHz
4008 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 560 TiGeForce GT 520
TDP170 wattsvs29 watts
Release Date25 Jan 2011vs13 Apr 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    13.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    1.62 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    52.70 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    6.48 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    128.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    1263.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 520
    155.50 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 560 Ti
    4660
  • GeForce GT 520
    570

Points (higher is better)