GeForce GT 520M and GeForce 8600 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 8600 GT
127
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 8600 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
G84
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
April 2007
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
-
+
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
540 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
76.16 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
80 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
289 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
32
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
47 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
8.6 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
700 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
22.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Standard memory config per GPU
-
256 MB
Display Connectors
No outputs
2x DVI, 1x S-Video
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
1.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
-