GeForce GT 520 OEM vs Radeon HD 6930

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking597not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation1.89no data
Power efficiency2.79no data
ArchitectureTeraScale 3 (2010−2013)Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)
GPU code nameCaymanGF119
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 December 2011 (13 years ago)20 August 2012 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$180 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

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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 cores128096
Core clock speed750 MHz589 MHz
Number of transistors2,640 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)186 Watt29 Watt
Texture fill rate60.009.424
Floating-point processing power1.92 TFLOPS0.2692 TFLOPS
ROPs324
TMUs8016
L1 Cache320 KB128 KB
L2 Cache512 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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x16
Length220 mm145 mm
Width2-slot1-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 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
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1200 MHz500 MHz
Memory bandwidth153.6 GB/s8 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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API and SDK support

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

DirectX11.2 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCL1.21.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-2.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 December 2011 20 August 2012
Power consumption (TDP) 186 Watt 29 Watt

GT 520 OEM has an age advantage of 8 months, and 541.4% lower power consumption.

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