NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX is an entry level dedicated laptop graphics card presented in 2011. It is based on the GF119 like the GT 520M , but features a higher core and shader clock rate. Using DDR3, the 64 Bit memory bus may become a bottleneck of the graphics card.
Architecture
The GF119 offers 48 ALUs, 8 texture units and a 64 Bit memory interface for DDR3-VRAM. Therefore, it is similar to a half GF108 (GeForce GT 540M) but already manufactured with optimized transistors. As a difference the amount of raster-operation-processors (ROP) stayed the same counting 4. The GF119 is the smalles chip of the Fermi generation and is used for low end laptops.
Performance
As an entry level card, the GT 520MX has to compete against the Intel HD Graphics 3000 in the current Sandy Bridge processors. Due to the higher clock speeds, the MX should be faster than the GT 520M which was only slightly faster than the HD 3000 but clearly still beyond the faster GT 525M. Therefore demanding games like Crysis 2 or Mafia 2 run only in lowest detail and resolutions fluently. Less demanding games lik Fifa 11 or Sims 3 should be playable even in high detail settings.
As the other 500M series chips, the 520MX supports Bitstream HD Audio (Blu-Ray) output via HDMI. That means the card is able to transfer Dolby True HD and DTS-HD bitstream-wise without quality loss to a HiFi receiver.
The GT520MX offers the PureVideo HD technology for video decoding. The included Video Processor 5 (VP5) supports feature set D and therefore the GPU is able to fully decode MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4 ASP - e.g., DivX or Xvid), VC-1/WMV9, and H.264 (VLD, IDCT, Motion Compensation, and Deblocking). Compared to the older VP4, the VP5 offers faster decodes at lower power, HD-to-SD transcodes and 4K x 4K resolution H.264 decode support.
Furthermore, the GPU is able to decode two 1080p streams simultaneously (e.g. for Blu-Ray Picture-in-Picture).
Through CUDA, OpenCL , and DirectCompute 2.1 support, the GeForce GT 520MX can be of help in general calculations. For example, the stream processor can considerably faster encode videos than a fast CPU can. Furthermore, physics calculations can be theoretically done by the GPU using PhysX (e.g. supported by Mafia 2 or Metro 2033) but the performance wont be sufficient for this.
Manufacturer NVIDIA GeForce GT 500M Series Codename N12P-GVR Architecture Fermi Pipelines 48 - unified Core Speed 900 MHz Shader Speed 1800 MHz Memory Speed 900 MHz Memory Bus Width 64 Bit Memory Type DDR3 Max. Amount of Memory 1024 MB Shared Memory no DirectX DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 technology 40 nm Features Verde Drivers, CUDA, Optimus, DirectCompute, OpenCL, DirectX11, OpenGL 4.1 Date of Announcement 30.05.2011
Benchmarks 3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
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3DMark Vantage + 3DMark Vantage - P Result 1280x1024
min: 2558 avg: 2619.5 median: 2619.5 (1386%) max: 2681 Points
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P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 + 3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
min: 2179 avg: 2200.5 median: 2200.5 (1518%) max: 2222 Points
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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
min: 13717 avg: 13769 median: 13782 (254%) max: 13808 Points
Samsung Series 3 300V5A-S04 B940 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 512MB DDR3 267.54 13717
Samsung 300E5A-S01 2330M 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 1024MB DDR3-VRAM 268.83 13782
Samsung Series 3 300E5A-S03 2330M 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 1024MB DDR3 13808
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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
10556 Points (329%)
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3DMark 06 +
min: 5235 avg: 5597.8 median: 5580.5 (328%) max: 5995 Points
Samsung Series 3 300V5A-S04 B940 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 512MB DDR3 267.54 5804
Samsung Series 3 300E5A-S03 2330M 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 1024MB DDR3 5995 Standard 1280x1024
Samsung Series 3 300E7A-S09DE B960 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 1024MB DDR3 268.83 5235
Samsung 300E5A-S01 2330M 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 1024MB DDR3-VRAM 268.83 5357
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
6.5 points (125%)
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
min: 4.5 avg: 4.6 median: 4.5 (76%) max: 4.7 points
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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit + Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
min: 4558 avg: 4655 median: 4655 (156%) max: 4752 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit + Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit
min: 18.44 avg: 18.5 median: 18.5 (648%) max: 18.5 Points
Samsung Series 3 300E7A-S09DE B960 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 1024MB DDR3 268.83 18.44
Samsung 300E5A-S01 2330M 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 1024MB DDR3-VRAM 268.83 18.46
Samsung Series 3 300V5A-S04 B940 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 512MB DDR3 267.54 18.5
Samsung Series 3 300E5A-S03 2330M 4096 MB 900 / 900 MHz 1024MB DDR3 18.5
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Game Benchmarks The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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Notebook reviews with NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX graphics card
Samsung 300E5A-S01 : Intel Core i3-2330M, 15.6", 2.3 kgReview » Review Samsung 300E5A-S01 Notebook
Samsung Series 3 300E7A-S09DE : Intel Pentium B960, 17.3", 2.7 kgReview » Review Samsung Series 3 300E7A Notebook
Asus K53SC-SX054V : Intel Core i5-2410M, 15.6", 2.6 kgExternal Review » Asus K53SC-SX054V
Asus X53S-SX311V : Intel Core i5-2430M, 15.6", 2.6 kgExternal Review » Asus X53S-SX311V
Asus X53SC-SX041V : Intel Core i7-2670QM, 15.6", 2.6 kgExternal Review » Asus X53SC-SX041V
Samsung 300E5A-S01 : Intel Core i3-2330M, 15.6", 2.3 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300E5A-S01
Samsung 300E5A-S02EE : Intel Core i3-2310M, 15.6", 2.4 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300E5A-S02EE
Samsung 300E5A-S03DE : Intel Core i3-2330M, 15.6", 2.3 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300E5A-S03DE
Samsung 300E5Z-S02RS : Intel Core i3-2350M, 15.6", 2.3 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300E5Z-S02RS
Samsung 300E5Z-S03RS : Intel Pentium B950, 15.6", 2.3 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300E5Z-S03RS
Samsung 300V5A-S01 : Intel Core i7-2630QM, 15.6", 2.5 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300V5A-S01
Samsung 300V5A-S03AT : Intel Core i3-2310M, 15.6", 2.6 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300V5A-S03AT
Samsung 300V5A-S04RU : Intel Pentium B940, 15.6", 2.5 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300V5A-S04RU
Samsung 300V5A-S06AT : Intel Core i5-2410M, 15.6", 2.6 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300V5A-S06AT
Samsung 300V5A-S07AT : Intel Core i3-2310M, 15.6", 2.6 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300V5A-S07AT
Samsung 300V5AH-S02HU : Intel Core i3-2310M, 15.6", 2.5 kgExternal Review » Samsung 300V5AH-S02HU
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