NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | GF119 | GM204 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 | Maxwell 2.0 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
| Manufacturing process | 40 nm | 28 nm |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 5,200 million |
| Die size | 79 mm² | 398 mm² |
| GPU variant | — | N16E-GX-A1 |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Apr 13th, 2011 | — |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | GeForce 500 | — |
| Production | End-of-life | — |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x1 | — |
| Predecessor | GeForce 400 | — |
| Successor | GeForce 600 | — |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 810 MHz | 540 MHz |
|---|---|---|
| Shader clock | 1620 MHz | — |
| Memory clock | 900 MHz 1800 Mbps effective | 1253 MHz 5 Gbps effective |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 1024 MB | 8 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR5 |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit |
| Bandwidth | 14.40 GB/s | 160.4 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 48 | 1536 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 8 | 96 |
| ROPs | 4 | 64 |
| SM count | 1 | — |
| Cache L1 | 64 KB (per SM) | 48 KB (per SMM) |
| Cache L2 | 128 KB | 2 MB |
| SMM count | — | 12 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 1.620 GPixel/s | 34.56 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 6.480 GTexel/s | 51.84 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 155.5 GFLOPS | 1.659 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 12.96 GFLOPS (1:12) | 51.84 GFLOPS (1:32) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Single-slot | MXM Module |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 152 mm 6 inches | — |
| TDP | 29 W | unknown |
| Suggested PSU | 200 W | — |
| Outputs | 1x DVI1x HDMI1x VGA | No outputs |
| Power connectors | None | None |
| Board number | P1310 | P2754 SKU 3 |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | — | 1.1 |
| CUDA | 2.1 | 5.2 |
| Shader model | 5.1 | 6.4 |
Other Features
Mobile graphics
| Release date | — | Oct 7th, 2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | — | GeForce 900M |
| Production | — | End-of-life |
| Interface | — | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Predecessor | — | GeForce 800M |
| Successor | — | GeForce 10 Mobile |
