GeForce GT 520 vs GeForce GT 710

GeForce GT 520
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Apr 2011
GeForce GT 520
GeForce GT 710
Memory: 2048Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Mar 2014
GeForce GT 710

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 520
    100%
  • GeForce GT 710
    194%

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 710

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 94% higher average synthetic performance.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GT 710

HWBench recommends GeForce GT 710

The GeForce GT 710 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 520GeForce GT 710
GPU NameGF119 (GF119-300-A1)vsGK208 ()
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size79 mm²vs87 mm²
Transistors292 millionvsunknown
Shaders48vs192
Compute Units1vs1
Core clock810 MHzvs954 MHz
ROPs4vs8
TMUs8vs16

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 520GeForce GT 710
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 520GeForce GT 710
TDP29 wattsvs19 watts
Release Date13 Apr 2011vs27 Mar 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 520
    1.62 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 710
    3.82 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 520
    6.48 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 710
    15.26 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 520
    14.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 710
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 520
    155.50 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 710
    366.30 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 520
    570
  • GeForce GT 710
    1110

Points (higher is better)