GeForce GT 520 OEM: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce GT 520 OEM sales 20 August 2012. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Fermi 2.0 architecture and made with 40 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 1 GB of DDR3 memory clocked at 1 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 8 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is single-slot card attached via PCIe 2.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 145 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 29 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce GT 520 OEM: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | |
| GPU code name | GF119 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 20 August 2012 (11 years ago) | |
| Current price | $100 | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
GeForce GT 520 OEM's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce GT 520 OEM's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 96 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Core clock speed | 589 MHz | of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT) |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 29 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 9.424 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
| Floating-point performance | 269.2 gflops | of 16384 (Radeon Pro Duo) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce GT 520 OEM and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | |
| Length | 145 mm | |
| Width | 1-slot | |
| Supplementary power connectors | None |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce GT 520 OEM: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | DDR3 | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce GT 520 OEM. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA | |
| HDMI | + |
API support
APIs supported by GeForce GT 520 OEM, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| Vulkan | N/A | |
| CUDA | 2.1 |
AMD equivalent
According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce GT 520 OEM is Radeon HD 2900 GT.
Similar GPUs
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Recommended processors
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