GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB vs GT 520M

VS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1155not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
Power efficiency4.23no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF108GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$59.99 $1,199

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 cores4810240
Core clock speed600 MHz1335 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1665 MHz
Number of transistors585 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Watt350 Watt
Texture fill rate4.800532.8
Floating-point processing power0.1152 TFLOPS34.1 TFLOPS
ROPs4112
TMUs8320
Tensor Coresno data320
Ray Tracing Coresno data80

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

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 typeDDR3GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount1 GB20 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/s760.3 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 350 Watt

GT 520M has 2816.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB, on the other hand, has a 1900% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520M and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 520M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB is a desktop one.


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

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
GeForce GT 520M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3 406 votes

Rate GeForce GT 520M on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
1.9 139 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 20 GB on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.