GeForce 6800 GTO vs GT 520MX

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1161not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.55no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameGF119NV45
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 May 2011 (13 years ago)14 April 2004 (20 years 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 cores48no data
Core clock speed900 MHz350 MHz
Number of transistors292 million222 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Wattno data
Texture fill rate7.2004.200
Floating-point processing power0.1728 TFLOPSno data
ROPs412
TMUs812

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 1.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-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 typeDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB256 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s32 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 outputs2x DVI

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 API9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model5.13.0
OpenGL4.52.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2011 14 April 2004
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 256 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 130 nm

GT 520MX has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 225% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520MX and GeForce 6800 GTO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 520MX is a notebook card while GeForce 6800 GTO is a desktop one.


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