GeForce GT 520 OEM vs GTX 660M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking767not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.27no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameGK107GF119
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date22 March 2012 (13 years ago)20 August 2012 (13 years ago)

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 cores38496
Core clock speed835 MHz589 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,270 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt29 Watt
Texture fill rate30.409.424
Floating-point processing power0.7296 TFLOPS0.2692 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs3216
L1 Cache32 KB128 KB
L2 Cache256 KB128 KB

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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
Memory bus width128bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth64.0 GB/s8 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI++
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 API12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.1
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.11.1
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 20 August 2012
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 29 Watt

GTX 660M has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

GT 520 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 months, and 72.4% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 660M and GeForce GT 520 OEM. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660M is a notebook graphics card while GeForce GT 520 OEM is a desktop one.

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