GeForce GT 520 vs GTS 450 Rev. 2

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GT 545 GT 545 OEM GT 555M 2 GB GT 640 OEM Rebrand GTS 450 GTS 450 OEM GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 3 GTX 550 Ti
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510 OEM 605 OEM 800A GT 520 GT 520 PCI GT 610 GT 610 PCI GT 610 PCIe x1 GT 620 OEM GT 625 OEM GT 705 OEM GT 710 PCI

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 and GeForce GT 520, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTS 450 Rev. 2
2011
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
4.41
+444%

GTS 450 Rev. 2 outperforms GT 520 by a whopping 444% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

GTS 450 Rev. 2 GTS 450 Rev. 2
GT 520 GT 520

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6651146
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data0.01
Power efficiency3.052.05
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGF116GF119
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date15 March 2011 (13 years ago)13 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$59

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores19248
CUDA coresno data48
Core clock speed783 MHz810 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt29 Watt
Maximum GPU temperatureno data102 °C
Texture fill rate25.066.480
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS0.1555 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs328

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 supportno data16x PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length210 mm145 mm
Heightno data2.7" (6.9 cm)
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount1 GB1 GB (DDR3)
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed902 MHz900 MHz (DDR3)
Memory bandwidth57.73 GB/s14.4 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMIDual Link DVI-IHDMIVGA (optional)
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536
Audio input for HDMIno dataInternal

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.64.2
OpenCL1.11.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA2.1+

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 4.41 0.81
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 29 Watt

GTS 450 Rev. 2 has a 444.4% higher aggregate performance score.

GT 520, on the other hand, has 265.5% lower power consumption.

The GeForce GTS 450 Rev. 2 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 520 in performance tests.

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

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Community ratings

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