Arc A380M vs GeForce GT 520MX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1163not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.50no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGF119DG2-128
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 May 2011 (13 years ago)24 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores481024
Core clock speed900 MHz1550 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors292 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate7.200128.0
Floating-point processing power0.1728 TFLOPS4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs864
Tensor Coresno data128
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

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 x16MXM-A (3.1)

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1937 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s186.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

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+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2011 24 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 35 Watt

GT 520MX has 75% lower power consumption.

Arc A380M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 566.7% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520MX and Arc A380M. We've got no test results to judge.


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