GeForce GT 520 vs GeForce GTX 745 OEM

GeForce GT 520
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Apr 2011
GeForce GT 520
GeForce GTX 745 OEM
Memory: 4096Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 18 Feb 2014
GeForce GTX 745 OEM

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GT 520
    100%
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    550%

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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 GTX 745 OEM

This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Around 450% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 745 OEM

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 745 OEM

The GeForce GTX 745 OEM is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 745 OEM
GPU NameGF119 (GF119-300-A1)vsGM107 (GM107-300-A2)
Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
Die Size79 mm²vs148 mm²
Transistors292 millionvs1,870 million
Shaders48vs384
Compute Units1vs3
Core clock810 MHzvs1033 MHz
ROPs4vs16
TMUs8vs24

Memory Configuration

GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 745 OEM
Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width64 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GT 520GeForce GTX 745 OEM
TDP29 wattsvs55 watts
Release Date13 Apr 2011vs18 Feb 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GT 520
    1.62 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    16.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GT 520
    6.48 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    24.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GT 520
    14.40 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    28.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GT 520
    155.50 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    793.30 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GT 520
    570
  • GeForce GTX 745 OEM
    3140

Points (higher is better)