GeForce GT 520M and ION 2 - video card comparison
GeForce GT 520M
ION 2
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
GT218-ION-A3, GT218-ILV-A3
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
January 2011
January 2010
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
405 / 475 / 535 MHz
CUDA cores
48
-
Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
585 million
260 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
16
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
6/12 Watt
Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
4.000
Memory type
DDR3
DDR2, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
512 MB
Memory bus width
64 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
790 MHz
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
11.1 (10_1)
CUDA
+
1.2
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
3.3
Shader Model
5.1
4.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
+
-