GeForce GT 220 vs GeForce GT 520

GeForce GT 220
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 26 Jan 2010
GeForce GT 220
GeForce GT 520
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Apr 2011
GeForce GT 520

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 220

Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 220GeForce GT 520
GPU NameG94 ()vsGF119 (GF119-300-A1)
Fab Process65 nmvs40 nm
Die Size240 mm²vs79 mm²
Transistors505 millionvs292 million
Shaders48vs48
Compute Units2vs1
Core clock600 MHzvs810 MHz
ROPs16vs4
TMUs24vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 220GeForce GT 520
Memory TypeGDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed700 MHz
1400 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 220GeForce GT 520
TDP58 wattsvs29 watts
Release Date26 Jan 2010vs13 Apr 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 220
    9.60 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    1.62 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 220
    14.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    6.48 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 220
    44.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 220
    144.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 520
    155.50 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better