GeForce GT 520M and GeForce 9500M GE - video card comparison
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 9500M GE
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
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GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
MCP79Mx + NB9M
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
January 2008
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
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CUDA cores
48
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Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
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Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
65 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
24
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
25 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
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Memory type
DDR3
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
256 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
No outputs
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DirectX
12 API
10.0
CUDA
+
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OpenCL
1.1
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OpenGL
4.5
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Shader Model
5.1
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Vulkan
N/A
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Optimus
+
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