ATI Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP vs GeForce GT 520

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1136not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency2.02no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)R400 (2004−2008)
GPU code nameGF119RS600
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 April 2011 (13 years ago)28 February 2007 (17 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed810 MHz501 MHz
Number of transistors292 million120 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm90 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Wattno data
Maximum GPU temperature102 °Cno data
Texture fill rate6.4802.004
Floating-point processing power0.1555 TFLOPSno data
ROPs44
TMUs84

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support16x PCI-E 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Height2.7" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3System Shared
Maximum RAM amount1 GB (DDR3)System Shared
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed900 MHz (DDR3)System Shared
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)No outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)9.0b (9_2)
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.22.0
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 April 2011 28 February 2007
Chip lithography 40 nm 90 nm

GT 520 has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 125% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520 and Radeon Xpress 1200 IGP. We've got no test results to judge.


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