GeForce 8600 GTS and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 8600 GTS vs GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 8600 GTS
153
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 8600 GTS
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
1x 6-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
675 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
-
48
Floating-point performance
92.8 gflops
129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
289 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
32
48
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
12 Watt
Texture fill rate
10.8 billion/sec
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
256 MB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
32 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
256 MB
-
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 API
CUDA
1.1
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
-
+