NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

2127
Place in performance rating
1671
0.10
Value for money (0-100)
0.33
Tesla 2.0
Architecture
Fermi 2.0
GT200B
Code name
GF119
Desktop
Type
Desktop
8 December 2009
Release date
20 August 2012
$284
Price now
$82

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
96
518 MHz
Core clock speed
589 MHz
1,400 million
Transistor count
292 million
55 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
182 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
29 Watt
33.15
Texture fill rate
9.424
414.7 gflops
Floating-point performance
269.2 gflops

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM.

PCIe 2.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
267 mm
Length
145 mm
2x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
DDR3
1792 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
448 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
2016 MHz
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
112.9 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
8 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.1 (10_0)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
3.3
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM

More pipelines (192 vs 96)

More maximum RAM amount (1792 MB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (112.9 GB/s vs 8 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM

Cheaper ($82 vs $284)

Finer manufacturing process technology (40 nm vs 55 nm)

Less power consumption (29 Watt vs 182 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 OEM versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM performance benchmarks comparison

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