GeForce GT 520M and GeForce GT 720 OEM - video card comparison
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce GT 720 OEM
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
GK107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
October 2017
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
993 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
28 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
1,270 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
192
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
15.89
Memory type
DDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
1782 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
28.51 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 API
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
3.0
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
1.1.126
Optimus
+
-