Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs GeForce GT 520

Place in performance ranking	1103	7
Place by popularity	not in top-100	54
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.01	27.71
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	RDNA 3
GPU code name	GF119	Navi 31 XTX
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	13 April 2011 (13 years ago)	3 November 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$59	$999
Current price	$88 (1.5x MSRP)	$859 (0.9x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 7900 XTX has 277000% better value for money than GT 520.

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 cores	48	6144
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	810 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2270 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	355 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	102 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	6.5 billion/sec	959.6
Floating-point performance	155.52 gflops	no 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).

Bus support	16x PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)	287 mm
Height	2.7" (6.9 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

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)	24 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz (DDR3)	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	960.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

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 Connectors	Dual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	2.1
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 520 0.80

RX 7900 XTX 79.95
+9894%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX outperforms GeForce GT 520 by 9894% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 520 310

RX 7900 XTX 30936
+9879%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX outperforms GeForce GT 520 by 9879% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 520 380

RX 7900 XTX 64680
+16921%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX outperforms GeForce GT 520 by 16921% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GT 520 1271

RX 7900 XTX 207396
+16218%

Radeon RX 7900 XTX outperforms GeForce GT 520 by 16218% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	2−3 −12500%	252 +12500%
1440p	1−2 −17600%	177 +17600%
4K	1−2 −11400%	115 +11400%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.80	79.95
Recency	13 April 2011	3 November 2022
Cost	$59	$999
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB (DDR3)	24 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	29 Watt	355 Watt