GeForce GT 520M and GeForce 7600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce 7600 GT
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 7600 GT
224
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 7600 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
G73
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
March 2006
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
560 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
90 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
177 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
-
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
40 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
6.720
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 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
+
-