GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh vs GT 520
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1208 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 0.01 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 2.04 | no data |
| Architecture | Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GF119 | TU106B |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 13 April 2011 (14 years ago) | 29 January 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $59 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 cores | 48 | 1920 |
| Core clock speed | 810 MHz | 960 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1200 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 292 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 29 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Maximum GPU temperature | 102 °C | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 6.480 | 144.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1555 TFLOPS | 4.608 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 48 |
| TMUs | 8 | 120 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 240 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 30 |
| L1 Cache | 64 KB | 1.9 MB |
| L2 Cache | 128 KB | 3 MB |
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).
| Bus support | 16x PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 145 mm | no data |
| Height | 2.7" (6.9 cm) | no data |
| Width | 1-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
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 type | DDR3 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB (DDR3) | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 900 MHz (DDR3) | 1353 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 259.8 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional) | No outputs |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | - |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (11_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.140 |
| CUDA | + | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 13 April 2011 | 29 January 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB (DDR3) | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 29 Watt | 115 Watt |
GT 520 has 296.6% lower power consumption.
RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 233.3% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520 and GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 520 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q Refresh is a notebook one.
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