GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile vs GT 520

Place in performance ranking	1105	64
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GF119	GN20-E8
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	13 April 2011 (13 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$59	no data
Current price	$88 (1.5x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	48	7424
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	810 MHz	975 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1590 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion/sec	292.3
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 520 and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	no data
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB (DDR3)	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz (DDR3)	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 520 0.80

RTX 3080 Ti Mobile 46.05
+5656%

RTX 3080 Ti Mobile outperforms GT 520 by 5656% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 520 380

RTX 3080 Ti Mobile 31033
+8067%

RTX 3080 Ti Mobile outperforms GT 520 by 8067% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	2−3 −6900%	140 +6900%
1440p	1−2 −8700%	88 +8700%
4K	0−1	57

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

136

−5635%

7800−7850
+5635%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 −5605%	4450−4500 +5605%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	118 −5620%	6750−6800 +5620%
Battlefield 5	140−150 −5648%	8450−8500 +5648%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	90−95 −5607%	5250−5300 +5607%
Cyberpunk 2077	124 −5626%	7100−7150 +5626%
Far Cry 5	95−100 −5629%	5500−5550 +5629%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 −5614%	6400−6450 +5614%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −5627%	9450−9500 +5627%
Hitman 3	162 −5641%	9300−9350 +5641%
Horizon Zero Dawn	287 −5649%	16500−16550 +5649%
Metro Exodus	120−130 −5632%	7050−7100 +5632%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−110 −5614%	6000−6050 +5614%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	277 −5640%	15900−15950 +5640%
Watch Dogs: Legion	125 −5620%	7150−7200 +5620%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 −5605%	4450−4500 +5605%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100 −5650%	5750−5800 +5650%
Battlefield 5	140−150 −5648%	8450−8500 +5648%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	90−95 −5607%	5250−5300 +5607%
Cyberpunk 2077	102 −5635%	5850−5900 +5635%
Far Cry 5	95−100 −5629%	5500−5550 +5629%
Far Cry New Dawn	110−120 −5614%	6400−6450 +5614%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −5627%	9450−9500 +5627%
Hitman 3	80 −5650%	4600−4650 +5650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 −5641%	10850−10900 +5641%
Metro Exodus	54 −5641%	3100−3150 +5641%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−110 −5614%	6000−6050 +5614%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	229 −5642%	13150−13200 +5642%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	223 −5640%	12800−12850 +5640%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 −5648%	6150−6200 +5648%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	75−80 −5605%	4450−4500 +5605%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	87 −5647%	5000−5050 +5647%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	90−95 −5607%	5250−5300 +5607%
Cyberpunk 2077	91 −5614%	5200−5250 +5614%
Far Cry 5	95−100 −5629%	5500−5550 +5629%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 −5627%	9450−9500 +5627%
Horizon Zero Dawn	194 −5647%	11150−11200 +5647%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	200 −5650%	11500−11550 +5650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	118 −5620%	6750−6800 +5620%
Watch Dogs: Legion	84 −5614%	4800−4850 +5614%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

100−110

−5614%

6000−6050
+5614%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95 −5614%	5200−5250 +5614%
Far Cry New Dawn	100−110 −5634%	6250−6300 +5634%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	50−55 −5586%	2900−2950 +5586%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	70 −5614%	4000−4050 +5614%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 −5594%	4100−4150 +5594%
Cyberpunk 2077	56 −5614%	3200−3250 +5614%
Far Cry 5	116 −5633%	6650−6700 +5633%
Forza Horizon 4	95−100 −5607%	5650−5700 +5607%
Hitman 3	107 −5648%	6150−6200 +5648%
Horizon Zero Dawn	154 −5647%	8850−8900 +5647%
Metro Exodus	93 −5653%	5350−5400 +5653%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	150 −5633%	8600−8650 +5633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	86 −5656%	4950−5000 +5656%
Watch Dogs: Legion	67 −5646%	3850−3900 +5646%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

80−85
−5650%

4600−4650

+5650%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −5629%	2750−2800 +5629%
Far Cry New Dawn	40−45 −5650%	2300−2350 +5650%
Hitman 3	35−40 −5558%	2150−2200 +5558%
Horizon Zero Dawn	84 −5614%	4800−4850 +5614%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	72 −5594%	4100−4150 +5594%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	85 −5606%	4850−4900 +5606%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	30−35 −5506%	1850−1900 +5506%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	48 −5629%	2750−2800 +5629%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	30−35 −5545%	1750−1800 +5545%
Cyberpunk 2077	28 −5614%	1600−1650 +5614%
Far Cry 5	27−30 −5614%	1600−1650 +5614%
Forza Horizon 4	65−70 −5582%	3750−3800 +5582%
Horizon Zero Dawn	88 −5639%	5050−5100 +5639%
Metro Exodus	73 −5653%	4200−4250 +5653%
Watch Dogs: Legion	42 −5614%	2400−2450 +5614%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45
−5614%

2400−2450

+5614%

This is how GT 520 and RTX 3080 Ti Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is 6900% faster in 1080p
RTX 3080 Ti Mobile is 8700% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.80	46.05
Recency	13 April 2011	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB (DDR3)	16 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	150 Watt