GeForce GT 520M and GeForce 6800 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce 6800
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 6800
115
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 6800
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
NV41
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
November 2004
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
325 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
130 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
190 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
-
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
-
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
3.900
Memory type
DDR3
DDR
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
600 MBps
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
19.2 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
2.0 (full)
Shader Model5.13.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
-