GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GT 520M

Place in the ranking	1158	294
Place by popularity	not in top-100	17
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	no data
Power efficiency	4.30	28.89
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GF108	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2011 (13 years ago)	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$59.99	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	2048
Core clock speed	600 MHz	1185 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	585 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.800	94.53
Floating-point processing power	0.1152 TFLOPS	6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	32
TMUs	8	64
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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).

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
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	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus	+	-
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 API	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 520M 0.74

RTX 2050 Mobile 18.65
+2420%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GT 520M 502

RTX 2050 Mobile 12340
+2358%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 520M 2280

RTX 2050 Mobile 46821
+1954%

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:

900p	8 −2400%	200−210 +2400%
Full HD	12 −258%	43 +258%
1200p	7 −2329%	170−180 +2329%
1440p	1−2 −3500%	36 +3500%
4K	1−2 −3100%	32 +3100%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	5.00	no data
1440p	59.99	no data
4K	59.99	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−1533%

49
+1533%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −740%	40−45 +740%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1167%	35−40 +1167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1300%	42 +1300%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −780%	44 +780%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −727%	90−95 +727%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	50−55
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −917%	60−65 +917%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −184%	85−90 +184%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −740%	40−45 +740%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1167%	35−40 +1167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −4900%	50−55 +4900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −760%	43 +760%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −727%	90−95 +727%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	50−55
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −933%	62 +933%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −320%	40−45 +320%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −184%	85−90 +184%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −740%	40−45 +740%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −1167%	35−40 +1167%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −733%	25 +733%
Hitman 3	5−6 −680%	39 +680%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −727%	90−95 +727%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −817%	55 +817%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −230%	33 +230%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +72.2%	18 −72.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

50−55

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	35−40
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −2700%	27−30 +2700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	18−20
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2100%	21−24 +2100%
Hitman 3	6−7 −267%	21−24 +267%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −1167%	35−40 +1167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −5450%	110−120 +5450%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−933%

30−35
+933%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

14−16

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	9−10

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−700%

16−18
+700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +0%	42 +0%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 +0%	21 +0%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7 +0%	7 +0%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +0%	100−110 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	47 +0%	47 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Metro Exodus	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

This is how GT 520M and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2050 Mobile is 2400% faster in 900p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 258% faster in 1080p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 2329% faster in 1200p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 3500% faster in 1440p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 3100% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GT 520M is 72% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 5450% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GT 520M is ahead in 1 test (2%)
RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 34 tests (52%)
there's a draw in 30 tests (46%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.74	18.65
Recency	5 January 2011	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	45 Watt

GT 520M has 275% lower power consumption.

RTX 2050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 2420.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 520M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.