GeForce GT 520M and GeForce 6600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 6600 GT
147
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 6600 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
NV43 A2
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
August 2004
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
110 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
146 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
-
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
4.000
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
128 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
16 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
+
-