GeForce GT 520 vs GeForce GT 620

GeForce GT 520
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Apr 2011
GeForce GT 520
GeForce GT 620
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 15 May 2012
GeForce GT 620

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 520
    100%
  • GeForce GT 620
    128%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 620

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 28% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 620

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 620

The GeForce GT 620 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 520GeForce GT 620
GPU NameGF119 (GF119-300-A1)vsGF108 (GF108-100-KB-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size79 mm²vs116 mm²
Transistors292 millionvs585 million
Shaders48vs96
Compute Units1vs2
Core clock810 MHzvs700 MHz
ROPs4vs4
TMUs8vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 520GeForce GT 620
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 520GeForce GT 620
TDP29 wattsvs49 watts
Release Date13 Apr 2011vs15 May 2012

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 520
    1.62 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 620
    2.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 520
    6.48 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 620
    11.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 520
    14.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 620
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 520
    155.50 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 620
    268.80 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 520
    570
  • GeForce GT 620
    730

Points (higher is better)