GeForce GTX 1050 Ti vs GeForce GT 520
Summary
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1050 Ti |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520 |
| 46 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | | GeForce GT 520 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GP107 (GP107-400-A1) | vs | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 132 mm² | vs | 79 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,300 million | vs | 292 million |
| Shaders | 768 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 1290 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | | GeForce GT 520 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1752 MHz
7008 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 1050 Ti | | GeForce GT 520 | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 29 watts |
| Release Date | 25 Oct 2016 | vs | 13 Apr 2011 |
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
41.30 GP/s
GeForce GT 520
1.62 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
61.90 GT/s
GeForce GT 520
6.48 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
112.10 GB/s
GeForce GT 520
14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
1981.40 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 520
155.50 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better