GeForce 9700M GTS and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce 9700M GTS vs GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 9700M GTS
286
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 9700M GTS
GeForce GT 520M
Architecture
G9x (2007−2010)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
NB9E-GS
N12P-GP/LV
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
July 2008
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Core clock speed
530 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
48
48
Floating-point performance
127.2 gflops
129.02 gflops
Gigaflops
180
-
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
505 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
48
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
12 Watt
Texture fill rate
12.72
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
51.2 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
3.3
4.5
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
-
+