GeForce GT 520 vs GeForce GT 730
Summary
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 730 |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 730
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 520 | | GeForce GT 730 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) | vs | GF108 (GF108-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 79 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 292 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 48 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 1 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 810 MHz | vs | 700 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 520 | | GeForce GT 730 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 520 | | GeForce GT 730 | |
|---|
| TDP | 29 watts | vs | 49 watts |
| Release Date | 13 Apr 2011 | vs | 18 Jun 2014 |
GeForce GT 520
1.62 GP/s
GeForce GT 730
2.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
6.48 GT/s
GeForce GT 730
11.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
14.40 GB/s
GeForce GT 730
28.80 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 520
155.50 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 730
268.80 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better