GeForce GTX 560M and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 560M vs GeForce GT 520M
GeForce GTX 560M
1281
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce GTX 560M
GeForce GT 520M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N12E-GS
N12P-GP/LV
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
May 2011
January 2011
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
2-way
-
Core clock speed
775 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
192
48
Floating-point performance
595.2 gflops
129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,170 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
192
48
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
12 Watt
Texture fill rate
24.8 billion/sec
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
Up to 192 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1250 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
Up to 60 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 API
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
N/A
N/A
3D Blu-Ray
+
-
3D Gaming
+
-
Optimus
+
+