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    GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce GT 740M

    GeForce GT 520M
    Memory: 1024Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 5 Jan 2011
    GeForce GT 520M
    GeForce GT 740M
    Memory: 2048Mb DDR3MOBILE
    Release date: 20 Jun 2013
    GeForce GT 740M

    Summary

    Synthetic performance index

    • GeForce GT 520M
      100%
    • GeForce GT 740M
      338%

    Relative performance

    Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520M

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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

    Reasons to consider GeForce GT 740M

    This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
    Around 238% 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    Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications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 740M

    HWBench recommends GeForce GT 740M

    The GeForce GT 740M is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).

    Specifications

    Core Configuration

    GeForce GT 520MGeForce GT 740M
    GPU NameGF119 (N12P-GV-B-A1)vsGK208 (GT 740M)
    Fab Process40 nmvs28 nm
    Die Size79 mm²vs87 mm²
    Transistors292 millionvsunknown
    Shaders48vs384
    Compute Units1vs2
    Core clock740 MHzvs980 MHz
    ROPs4vs8
    TMUs8vs16

    Memory Configuration

    GeForce GT 520MGeForce GT 740M
    Memory TypeDDR3vsDDR3
    Bus Width64 bitvs64 bit
    Memory Speed800 MHz
    1600 MHz effective    		vs900 MHz
    1800 MHz effective
    Memory Size1024 Mbvs2048 Mb

    Additional details

    GeForce GT 520MGeForce GT 740M
    TDP12 wattsvs33 watts
    Release Date5 Jan 2011vs20 Jun 2013

    Raw Performance comparison

    Pixel Rate

    • GeForce GT 520M
      1.48 GP/s
    • GeForce GT 740M
      7.84 GP/s

    GigaPixels - higher is better

    Texel Rate

    • GeForce GT 520M
      5.92 GT/s
    • GeForce GT 740M
      15.68 GT/s

    GigaTexels - higher is better

    Memory bandwidth

    • GeForce GT 520M
      12.80 GB/s
    • GeForce GT 740M
      14.40 GB/s

    GB/s - higher is better

    Single precision performance

    • GeForce GT 520M
      142.08 GFLOPs
    • GeForce GT 740M
      752.60 GFLOPs

    GFLOPs - higher is better

    Synthetic benchmarks

    3DMark 11

    • GeForce GT 520M
      550
    • GeForce GT 740M
      1860

    Points (higher is better)

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