GeForce GTX 260 OEM vs 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)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameGF119GT200B
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date30 May 2011 (13 years ago)8 December 2009 (15 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 cores48192
Core clock speed900 MHz518 MHz
Number of transistors292 million1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt182 Watt
Texture fill rate7.20033.15
Floating-point processing power0.1728 TFLOPS0.4147 TFLOPS
ROPs428
TMUs864

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 2.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 GB1792 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit448 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1008 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s112.9 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, 1x S-Video

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 API11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.14.0
OpenGL4.53.3
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA+1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2011 8 December 2009
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1792 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 182 Watt

GT 520MX has an age advantage of 1 year, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 810% lower power consumption.

GTX 260 OEM, on the other hand, has a 75% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520MX and GeForce GTX 260 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 520MX is a notebook card while GeForce GTX 260 OEM is a desktop one.


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