GeForce GTX 280 and GeForce GT 520 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 280 vs GeForce GT 520
GeForce GTX 280
1338
GeForce GT 520
318
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GT 520
Architecture
Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GT200
GF119
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
June 2008
April 2011
Bus support
-
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
6-pin & 8-pin
None
SLI options
+
-
Core clock speed
602 MHz
810 MHz
CUDA cores
240
48
Floating-point performance
622.1 gflops
155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
65 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,400 million
292 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
240
48
Power consumption (TDP)
236 Watt
29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
102 °C
Texture fill rate
48.2 billion/sec
6.5 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR3
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bus width
512 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1107 MHz
900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth
141.7 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Display Connectors
HDTVDual Link DVI
Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Multi monitor support
+
+
HDMI
-
+
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
S/PDIF
Internal
DirectX
11.1 (10_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
2.1
4.2
Shader Model
4.0
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A