GeForce GT 520M and GeForce 6500 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce 6500
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 6500
39
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 6500
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
NV44 A2
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
October 2005
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
400 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
75 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
-
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
1.600
Memory type
DDR3
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
532 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
8.512 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
DirectX
12 API
9.0c (9_3)
CUDA
+
-
OpenCL
1.1
N/A
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
3.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
-