GeForce GT 520 and GeForce GTX 480 Core 512 - video card comparison
GeForce GT 520
GeForce GTX 480 Core 512
Architecture
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GF119
GF100
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
April 2011
-
Bus support
16x PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
2x 8-pin
Core clock speed
810 MHz
527 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
155.52 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
292 million
3,100 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
512
Power consumption (TDP)
29 Watt
375 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
102 °C
-
Texture fill rate
6.5 billion/sec
33.73
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB (DDR3)
1536 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
384 Bit
Memory clock speed
900 MHz (DDR3)
2.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
14.4 GB/s
134.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3a
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
2.0
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A