GeForce GTX 460 vs GeForce GT 520

GeForce GTX 460
Memory: 1024Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 12 Jul 2010
GeForce GTX 460
GeForce GT 520
Memory: 1024Mb DDR3DESKTOP
Release date: 13 Apr 2011
GeForce GT 520

Summary

Synthetic performance index

  • GeForce GTX 460
    619%
  • GeForce GT 520
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 460

Around 519% 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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

131 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce GTX 460 .
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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications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 460

HWBench recommends GeForce GTX 460

The GeForce GTX 460 is the better performing card based on the synthetic benchmarks used (1 benchmarks).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520
GPU NameGF104 (GF104-300-KB-A1)vsGF119 (GF119-300-A1)
Fab Process40 nmvs40 nm
Die Size332 mm²vs79 mm²
Transistors1,950 millionvs292 million
Shaders336vs48
Compute Units7vs1
Core clock675 MHzvs810 MHz
ROPs32vs4
TMUs56vs8

Memory Configuration

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520
Memory TypeGDDR5vsDDR3
Bus Width256 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed900 MHz
3600 MHz effective
vs900 MHz
1800 MHz effective
Memory Size1024 Mbvs1024 Mb

Additional details

GeForce GTX 460GeForce GT 520
TDP160 wattsvs29 watts
Release Date12 Jul 2010vs13 Apr 2011

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    9.45 GP/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    1.62 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce GTX 460
    37.80 GT/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    6.48 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce GTX 460
    115.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GT 520
    14.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce GTX 460
    907.20 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GT 520
    155.50 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark 11

  • GeForce GTX 460
    3530
  • GeForce GT 520
    570

Points (higher is better)