GeForce GT 520M and GeForce 315M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce 315M
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 315M
118
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 315M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
N11M-GE
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
December 2010
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
606 MHz
CUDA cores
48
16
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
38.78 gflops
Gigaflops
-
73
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
260 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
16
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
14 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
4.848
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR3, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
Up to 512 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
-
Power management
-
8.0