GeForce GTX 980M and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
Passmark - benchmark score GeForce GTX 980M vs GeForce GT 520M
GeForce GTX 980M
7566
GeForce GT 520M
289
GeForce GTX 980M
GeForce GT 520M
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
GM204
N12P-GP/LV
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
October 2014
January 2011
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
-
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
1536
48
Floating-point performance
3,462 gflops
129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
48
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
12 Watt
Texture fill rate
51.84
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
GDDR5
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
1536 MB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 API
CUDA
+
+
OpenCL
1.1
1.1
OpenGL
4.5
4.5
Shader Model
6.4
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
+
+