GeForce GT 525M vs GeForce GT 820M
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 525M |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 820M |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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 820M
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GT 525M | | GeForce GT 820M | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF108 (N12P-GE-OP-A1) | vs | GF117 (N15V-GM) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 116 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 585 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 96 | vs | 96 |
| Compute Units | 2 | vs | 2 |
| Core clock | 600 MHz | vs | 775 MHz |
| ROPs | 4 | vs | 8 |
| TMUs | 16 | vs | 16 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GT 525M | | GeForce GT 820M | |
|---|
| Memory Type | DDR3 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 64 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 525M | | GeForce GT 820M | |
|---|
| TDP | 23 watts | vs | 15 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Jan 2011 | vs | 27 Nov 2013 |
GeForce GT 525M
2.40 GP/s
GeForce GT 820M
3.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GT 525M
9.60 GT/s
GeForce GT 820M
12.40 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GT 525M
28.80 GB/s
GeForce GT 820M
14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GT 525M
230.40 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 820M
297.60 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better