GeForce 8600 GS and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600 GS vs GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 8600 GS
94
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 8600 GS
GeForce GT 520M
Architecture
Tesla (2006−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
G84
N12P-GP/LV
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
April 2007
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
540 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
-
48
Floating-point performance
38.08 gflops
129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
289 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
48
Power consumption (TDP)
47 Watt
12 Watt
Texture fill rate
4.320
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR2
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 API
CUDA
1.1
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
-
+