GeForce GT 520M and GeForce 9400 GT - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce 9400 GT
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 9400 GT
148
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 9400 GT
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
G96C
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
August 2008
Bus support
-
PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
-
+
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
550 MHz
CUDA cores
48
16
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
29.376 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
16
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
50 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
105 °C
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
4.4 billion/sec
Memory type
DDR3
DDR2
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
400 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVI
Multi monitor support
-
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
S/PDIF
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
2.1
Shader Model
5.1
4.0
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
-