UHD Graphics 48EU vs GeForce GT 520

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	1140	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Power efficiency	1.93	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Generation 12.2 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	GF119	Alder Lake GT1
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	13 April 2011 (13 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$59	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	48	384
Core clock speed	810 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1150 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	6.480	27.60
Floating-point processing power	0.1555 TFLOPS	0.8832 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	12
TMUs	8	24

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 support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	Ring Bus
Length	145 mm	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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB (DDR3)	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	900 MHz (DDR3)	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	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)	Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	13 April 2011	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	40 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	45 Watt

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