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.
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| 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
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| 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 |
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.
Benchmarks
3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
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min: 593 avg: 596.5 (1%) median: 596.5 (1%) max: 600 points
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 4%
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3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
0% 100%min: 658 avg: 666 (2%) median: 666 (2%) max: 674 points
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 9%
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3DMark Vantage
P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
0% 100%min: 2179 avg: 2200.5 (3%) median: 2200.5 (3%) max: 2222 Points
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 -1%
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P Result 1280x1024 +3DMark Vantage - P Result 1280x1024
100%min: 2558 avg: 2619.5 (5%) median: 2619.5 (5%) max: 2681 Points
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 8%
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3DMark 06 +3DMark 060% 100%min: 5804 avg: 5899.5 (14%) median: 5899.5 (14%) max: 5995 Points
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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 |
| Series 3 300E7A-S09DE | B960 | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 268.83 | 5235 |
| 300E5A-S01 | 2330M | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3-VRAM 268.83 | 5357 |
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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%min: 10556 avg: 10556 (23%) median: 10556 (23%) max: 10556 Points
| 300E5A-S01 | 2330M | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3-VRAM 268.83 | 10556 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 2%
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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768
0% 100%min: 13717 avg: 13769 (8%) median: 13782 (8%) max: 13808 Points
| Samsung Series 3 300V5A-S04 | B940 | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 512MB DDR3 267.54 | 13717 |
| 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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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024
0% 100%min: 9.3 avg: 9.3 (4%) median: 9.3 (4%) max: 9.3 fps
| 300E5A-S01 | 2330M | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3-VRAM 268.83 | 9.3 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 8%
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PCMark Vantage - Gaming Score 1024x768
100%min: 3851 avg: 4035 (13%) median: 4035 (13%) max: 4219 Points
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Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit
0% 100%min: 18.44 avg: 18.5 (15%) median: 18.5 (15%) max: 18.5 Points
| Series 3 300E7A-S09DE | B960 | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 268.83 | 18.44 |
| 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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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit
100%min: 4558 avg: 4655 (30%) median: 4655 (30%) max: 4752 Points
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics
100%min: 6.5 avg: 6.5 (82%) median: 6.5 (82%) max: 6.5 points
| Samsung Series 3 300V5A-S04 | B940 | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 512MB DDR3 267.54 | 6.5 |
| 300E5A-S01 | 2330M | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3-VRAM 268.83 | 6.5 |
| Series 3 300E7A-S09DE | B960 | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 268.83 | 6.5 |
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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics
100%min: 4.5 avg: 4.6 (58%) median: 4.5 (57%) max: 4.7 points
| Samsung Series 3 300V5A-S04 | B940 | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 512MB DDR3 267.54 | 4.5 |
| Series 3 300E7A-S09DE | B960 | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 268.83 | 4.5 |
| 300E5A-S01 | 2330M | 4096 MB | 900 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3-VRAM 268.83 | 4.7 |
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- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
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 detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 38%
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 31%
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 12%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
2012
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» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
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» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 19%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 -25%
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» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 -2%
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 6%
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 36%
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 11%
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 1%
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» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 -11%
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 0%
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» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings low.
AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 2%
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 5%
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 8%
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2011
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AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5 3%
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» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
2011
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» The benchmarks indicate that the game is not playable in the tested settings.
2011
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
ATI Radeon HD 5850 15%
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