GeForce GT 420M and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 420M vs GeForce GT 520M
GeForce GT 420M
417
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce GT 420M
GeForce GT 520M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N11P-GE
N12P-GP/LV
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
September 2010
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Core clock speed
500 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
96
48
Floating-point performance
192 gflops
129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
96
48
Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
12 Watt
Texture fill rate
6.0 billion/sec
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
(G)DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
25.6 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
-
+