GeForce GTX 960M and GeForce GT 520 - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 960M vs GeForce GT 520
GeForce GTX 960M
3496
GeForce GT 520
318
GeForce GTX 960M
GeForce GT 520
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code name
N16P-GX
GF119
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
March 2015
April 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
16x PCI-E 2.0
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1202 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1096 MHz
810 MHz
CUDA cores
640
48
Floating-point performance
1,505 gflops
155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
1,870 million
292 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
48
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature
-
102 °C
Texture fill rate
47.04
6.5 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth
80 GB/s
14.4 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Multi monitor support
-
+
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
+
Maximum VGA resolution
-
2048x1536
Audio input for HDMI
-
Internal
DirectX
12 (11_0)
12 (11_0)
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.2
Shader Model
5.1
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.126
N/A
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-