GeForce GT 520M and GeForce 9650M GS - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce 9650M GS
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce 9650M GS
278
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce 9650M GS
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
NB9P-GS1
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
March 2008
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
625 MHz
CUDA cores
48
32
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
80 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
29 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
10.00
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR2?, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
25.6 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
+
-