GeForce GT 520 vs GeForce GT 720
Summary
GeForce GT 520
100%
GeForce GT 720
214%
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 720 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Around 114% 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 720
The GeForce GT 720 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 520 | | GeForce GT 720 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) | vs | GK208 () |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 79 mm² | vs | 87 mm² |
| Transistors | 292 million | vs | unknown |
| Shaders | 48 | vs | 192 |
| Compute Units | 1 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 810 MHz | vs | 797 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 520 | | GeForce GT 720 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 520 | | GeForce GT 720 | |
|---|
| TDP | 29 watts | vs | 19 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Apr 2011 | vs | 29 Sep 2014 |
GeForce GT 520
1.62 GP/s
GeForce GT 720
3.19 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
6.48 GT/s
GeForce GT 720
12.75 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
14.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 720
12.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
155.50 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 720
306.05 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
570
GeForce GT 720
1220
Points (higher is better)