GeForce GTX 295 vs GeForce GT 520

GeForce GTX 295
Memory: 896Mb GDDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Jan 2009
GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GT 520
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Apr 2011
GeForce GT 520

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 295
    778%
  • GeForce GT 520
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 295

Around 678% higher average synthetic performance.
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications
PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor

Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520

260 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 295 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce GTX 295

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 295

The GeForce GTX 295 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 295GeForce GT 520
GPU NameGT200B (G200-400-B3)vsGF119 (GF119-300-A1)
Fab Process55 nmvs40 nm
Die Size470 mm²vs79 mm²
Transistors1,400 millionvs292 million
Shaders240vs48
Compute Units10vs1
Core clock576 MHzvs810 MHz
ROPs28vs4
TMUs80vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 295GeForce GT 520
Memory TypeGDDR3vsDDR3
Bus Width448 bit x2vs64 bit
Memory Speed999 MHz
1998 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size896 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 295GeForce GT 520
TDP289 wattsvs29 watts
Release Date8 Jan 2009vs13 Apr 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 295
    32.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    1.62 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 295
    92.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    6.48 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 295
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 295
    1192.40 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 520
    155.50 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 295
    4440
  • GeForce GT 520
    570

Points (higher is better)