NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB Rev. 2
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GF119 | GP106 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Pascal |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 16 nm |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 4,400 million |
| Die size | 79 mm² | 200 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | GP106-400-A1 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 13th, 2011 | Jan 5th, 2018 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 500 | GeForce 10 |
| Production | End-of-life | End-of-life |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x1 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Predecessor | GeForce 400 | GeForce 900 |
| Successor | GeForce 600 | GeForce 20 |
| Launch price | — | 299 USD |
| Reviews | — | 117 in our database |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 810 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1620 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective | 2002 MHz 8 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1506 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1709 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 6 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 192 bit |
| Bandwidth | 14.40 GB/s | 192.2 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 48 | 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 80 |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| SM count | 1 | 10 |
| Cache L1 | 64 KB (per SM) | 48 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 1536 KB |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.620 GPixel/s | 82.03 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 6.480 GTexel/s | 136.7 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 155.5 GFLOPS | 4.375 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 12.96 GFLOPS (1:12) | 136.7 GFLOPS (1:32) |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 68.36 GFLOPS (1:64) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 152 mm 6 inches | 250 mm 9.8 inches |
| TDP | 29 W | 120 W |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | 300 W |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | 1x DVI1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | None | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | P1310 | PG410 SKU 31 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | 6.1 |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
