GeForce GTX 580M and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 580M vs GeForce GT 520M
GeForce GTX 580M
2136
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce GTX 580M
GeForce GT 520M
Architecture
Fermi (2010−2014)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N12E-GTX2
N12P-GP/LV
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
June 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
+
-
Core clock speed
620 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
384
48
Floating-point performance
952.3 gflops
129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,950 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
48
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
12 Watt
Texture fill rate
39.7 billion/sec
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
2 MB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
1500 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
96.0 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
+
+