GeForce GT 520M and GeForce 8400M G - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce 8400M G
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 8400M G
60
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 8400M G
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
G86M
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
May 2007
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
400 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
12.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
210 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
8
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
10 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
3.200
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR3 / GDDR2
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
600 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
6.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
-