GeForce GTX 480 and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce GT 520M
GeForce GTX 480
4229
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce GTX 480
GeForce GT 520M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GF100
N12P-GP/LV
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
December 2010
January 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
700 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
480
48
Floating-point performance
1,345.0 gflops
129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
3,100 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
480
48
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
12 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
105 °C
-
Texture fill rate
42 billion/sec
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1848 MHz (3696 data rate)
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
177.4 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
Two Dual Link DVI, Mini HDMI
No outputs
Multi monitor support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
HDCP
+
-
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536
-
Audio input for HDMI
Internal
-
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.2
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
Optimus
-
+