Arc A380M vs GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Generation 12.7 (2022)
GPU code nameGF119DG2-128
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 April 2011 (13 years ago)24 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price$55 no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores481024
Core clock speed810 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors292 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate6.480128.0
Floating-point performance155.52 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x1MXM-A (3.1)
Length152 mmno data
Width1-slotMXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz15.5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s186.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGAPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.1no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 April 2011 24 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 35 Watt

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1 and Arc A380M. We've got no test results to judge.


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