GeForce GT 520M and GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GT 520M vs GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
9330
GeForce GT 520M
GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
GP106
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2011
December 2017
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
-
1709 MHz
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
1506 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
4,375 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
16 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
4,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
1280
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
120 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
136.7
Memory type
DDR3
GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
5 GB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
160 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
8008 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
160.2 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 API
12 (12_1)
CUDA
+
6.1
OpenCL
1.1
1.2
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
5.1
6.4
Vulkan
N/A
1.2.131
Optimus
+
-