
GeForce GT 520M and GeForce GT 120M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce GT 120M
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce GT 120M
154
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce GT 120M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
N10P-GV1
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
February 2009
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
-
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
500 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
80 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
55 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
314 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
32
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
23 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
8.000
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR2, GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
16 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
+
-