GeForce RTX 4070 Ti vs GT 520MX

Place in the ranking	1158	6
Place by popularity	not in top-100	79
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	48.82
Power efficiency	2.54	20.12
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GF119	AD104
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	30 May 2011 (13 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	7680
Core clock speed	900 MHz	2310 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	2610 MHz
Number of transistors	292 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	285 Watt
Texture fill rate	7.200	626.4
Floating-point processing power	0.1728 TFLOPS	40.09 TFLOPS
ROPs	4	80
TMUs	8	240
Tensor Cores	no data	240
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	60

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).

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	285 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 520MX 0.73

RTX 4070 Ti 82.50
+11201%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GT 520MX 283

RTX 4070 Ti 31829
+11147%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

GT 520MX 597

RTX 4070 Ti 75612
+12576%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GT 520MX 2620

RTX 4070 Ti 135624
+5077%

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 −11600%	234 +11600%
1440p	1−2 −15000%	151 +15000%
4K	0−1	95

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	3.41
1440p	no data	5.29
4K	no data	8.41

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−7767%

236
+7767%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −3260%	160−170 +3260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −7167%	218 +7167%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −20000%	200−210 +20000%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2480%	120−130 +2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −2555%	290−300 +2555%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	120−130
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −5933%	350−400 +5933%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −397%	150−160 +397%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −3260%	160−170 +3260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −6067%	185 +6067%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −20000%	200−210 +20000%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2480%	120−130 +2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −2555%	290−300 +2555%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	120−130
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −7783%	473 +7783%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −1740%	180−190 +1740%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −397%	150−160 +397%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −3260%	160−170 +3260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −3900%	120−130 +3900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5467%	167 +5467%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2480%	120−130 +2480%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −3091%	351 +3091%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −6733%	410 +6733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −2120%	222 +2120%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −390%	152 +390%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

120−130

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	160−170
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −11100%	110−120 +11100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	100−105
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −10400%	105 +10400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −8300%	80−85 +8300%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1917%	120−130 +1917%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −9000%	273 +9000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −11900%	240−250 +11900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−4100%

120−130
+4100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

65−70

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −7100%	70−75 +7100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	70−75
Far Cry 5	0−1	50−55

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−4900%

100−105
+4900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Battlefield 5	240−250 +0%	240−250 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%
Metro Exodus	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%
Far Cry 5	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +0%	250−260 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 +0%	270−280 +0%
Metro Exodus	148 +0%	148 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	280 +0%	280 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Hitman 3	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 +0%	220−230 +0%
Metro Exodus	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	149 +0%	149 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	48 +0%	48 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	160−170 +0%	160−170 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140 +0%	140 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	68 +0%	68 +0%

This is how GT 520MX and RTX 4070 Ti compete in popular games:

RTX 4070 Ti is 11600% faster in 1080p
RTX 4070 Ti is 15000% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4070 Ti is 20000% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 4070 Ti is ahead in 35 tests (55%)
there's a draw in 29 tests (45%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.73	82.50
Recency	30 May 2011	3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	12 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	20 Watt	285 Watt

GT 520MX has 1325% lower power consumption.

RTX 4070 Ti, on the other hand, has a 11201.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 900% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 520MX in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 520MX is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.