NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

46
Place in performance rating
976
56.96
Value for money (0-100)
10.45
Maxwell
Architecture
Fermi
N16E-GXX SLI
Code name
GF108
Laptop
Type
Laptop
22 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
5 January 2011 (10 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$59.99
$301
Price now
$237 (4x MSRP)
62.37
Value for money
0.02
N16E-GXX SLI
GPU code name
N12P-GP/LV
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

4096
Pipelines
48
1126 MHz
Core clock speed
740 / 600 MHz
1228 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
10400 Million
Transistor count
585 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
330 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
12 Watt
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Texture fill rate
5.9 billion/sec
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Floating-point performance
129.02 gflops
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CUDA cores
48
4096
Pipelines / CUDA cores
48
1228 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
10400 Million
Number of transistors
585 million
330 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
12 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M.

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Interface
PCIe 2.0 x16
large
Laptop size
no data
+
SLI options
no data

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 980 SLI Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
2x 8 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1536 MB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
3500 MHz
Memory clock speed
800 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M is the additional functionality.

+
3D Vision
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+
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
+
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
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Optimus
+
no data
Verde Drivers
+
no data
DirectCompute
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

DirectX 12_1
DirectX
12 API
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OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
N/A
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Shader Model
5.1
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OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M 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 980 SLI Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
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 980 SLI Mobile

81.12% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (4096 vs 48)

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 40 nm)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

Cheaper ($237 (4x MSRP) vs $301)

Less power consumption (12 Watt vs 330 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (1536 MB vs 2x 8 GB)

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile or NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI Mobile versus NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M performance benchmarks comparison

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