GeForce GT 520M vs HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2)
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520M |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 520M
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 520M | | HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF119 (N12P-GV-B-A1) | vs | Sandy Bridge GT2 () |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 32 nm |
| Die Size | 79 mm² | vs | 216 mm² |
| Transistors | 292 million | vs | 189 million |
| Shaders | 48 | vs | 12 |
| Compute Units | 1 | vs | 0 |
| Core clock | 740 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 1 |
| TMUs | 8 | vs | 1 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 520M | | HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | System Shared |
| Bus Width | 64 bit | vs | System Shared |
| Memory Speed | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective | vs | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 0 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GT 520M | | HD Graphics 3000 Mobile (Sandy Bridge GT2) | |
|---|
| TDP | 12 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Jan 2011 | vs | 1 Feb 2011 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better