ATI Graphics Ultra vs GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Mach (1992−1997)
GPU code nameGF119Mach8
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 April 2011 (13 years ago)1992 (32 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$899

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed810 MHz10 MHz
Number of transistors292 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm800 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Wattno data
Texture fill rate6.480no data
Floating-point processing power0.1555 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 x1ISA 16 Bit
Length152 mmno data
Width1-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3VRAM
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit32 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz10 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s40 MB/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 VGA1x VGA
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)N/A
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL1.1N/A
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 1 MB
Chip lithography 40 nm 800 nm

GT 520 PCIe x1 has a 102300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1900% more advanced lithography process.

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


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1
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