GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition vs GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 520 PCIe x1
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition | | GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1 | |
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| GPU Name | G96C () | vs | GF119 () |
| Fab Process | 55 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 121 mm² | vs | 79 mm² |
| Transistors | 314 million | vs | 292 million |
| Shaders | 32 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 550 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 8 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition | | GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1 | |
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| Memory Type | GDDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 512 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 120 Mac Edition | | GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1 | |
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| TDP | 50 watts | vs | 29 watts |
| Release Date | 20 Jan 2009 | vs | 13 Apr 2011 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better