GeForce GTX 460 SE vs GeForce GT 520
Summary
GeForce GTX 460 SE
540%
GeForce GT 520
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460 SE |
| Around 440% higher average synthetic performance. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520 |
| 121 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 SE . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460 SE
The GeForce GTX 460 SE is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).
Core Configuration
| GeForce GTX 460 SE | | GeForce GT 520 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GF104 (GF104-225-A1) | vs | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 40 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 332 mm² | vs | 79 mm² |
| Transistors | 1,950 million | vs | 292 million |
| Shaders | 288 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 6 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 32 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 48 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce GTX 460 SE | | GeForce GT 520 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | 256 bit | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 850 MHz
3400 MHz effective | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 1024 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce GTX 460 SE | | GeForce GT 520 | |
|---|
| TDP | 150 watts | vs | 29 watts |
| Release Date | 15 Nov 2010 | vs | 13 Apr 2011 |
GeForce GTX 460 SE
7.80 GP/s
GeForce GT 520
1.62 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460 SE
31.20 GT/s
GeForce GT 520
6.48 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460 SE
109.00 GB/s
GeForce GT 520
14.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460 SE
748.80 GFLOPs
GeForce GT 520
155.50 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
GeForce GTX 460 SE
3080
GeForce GT 520
570
Points (higher is better)