NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M is a relatively fast mid-range laptop graphics card and the successor to the GeForce GT 425M. It is based on the GF108 core as part of the Fermi architecture. Therefore, it supports DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.0. Compared to the GT 425M, core clock rates of the GT 525M have been increased by about 7 percent.
The GF108 core of the GT 525M is related to the GF100 core found in the GeFore GTX 480M and offers 96 shaders and a 128 Bit memory bus for DDR3 VRAM. Except for the memory controllers, the GF108 can essentially be considered a halved GF106. Therefore, the architecture is not directly comparable to the old GT215 (e.g., GeForce GTS 350M) or GT216 (e.g., GeForce GT 330M) cores.
Unlike the GF100, the smaller GF104, GF106, and GF108 cores were not only shortened, but also considerably modified. In contrast to the GF100, which was designed for professional applications, these latter chips target the consumer market. They feature more shaders (3x16 instead of 2x16), more texture units (8 instead of 4) and more SFUs per streaming multi-processor (SM). As there are still only 2 warp schedulers (versus 3 shader groups), Nvidia now uses superscalar execution in order to utilize the higher amount of shaders per SM more efficiently. In theory, the performance per core should be greatly improved over previous generations.
In worst case scenarios, the performance of the Fermi architecture can also be worse than expected. The ECC memory protection, which is important for professional applications, was completely omitted and the FP64 hardware was shortened (only 1/3 of the shader are FP64-capable and thereby only 1/12 of the FP32’s performance). Because of these cutbacks, the size of the SM grew only by 25% despite the higher number of shaders and larger warp schedulers with superscalar dispatch capabilities.
Due to the different shader architectures and the higher clock rate of the shader domain, the core count of Nvidia Fermi cards can not be directly compared to AMD cores of the Radeon 5000 series (e.g. HD 5650).
Detailed information on the GF104 architecture (and by extension the GF106 and GF108) can be found in the desktop GTX 460 article by Anandtech.
The gaming performance of the GT 525M is similar to the GT 425M as the core clock rate differs only by 7%. Therefore, the gaming performance of the GT 525M is sufficient for medium detail settings in modern games like Battlefield Bad Company 2. Less demanding games should run in high detail settings. The best resolution to choose is 720p or lower due to the limited performance. Benchmarks and comparison charts on the 3D performance can be found below or on The dedicated GT 425M benchmarks page is a great source as well due to the similarity between both GPUs.
Features
A novelty of the GF104/106/108 chips is the support for Bitstream HD Audio (Blu-Ray) output via HDMI. Similar to the Radeon HD 5730, the GT 525M can transfer Dolby True HD and DTS-HD bitstream without quality loss to a HiFi receiver.
The GT525M offers the PureVideo HD technology for video decoding. The included Video Processor 4 (VP4) supports feature set C and allows the GPU 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).
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 525M can be of help in general calculations. For example, the stream processor can encode videos considerably faster than can a modern CPU. Furthermore, physics calculations can be done by the GPU using PhysX (e.g., supported by Mafia 2 or Metro 2033).
According to Nvidia, the 525M includes support for 3D Vision. This enables the laptop to send 3D content (3D games, 3D Web Streaming, 3D photos, 3D Blu-Rays) to a built-in 3D-enabled screen or an external 3D TV if supported by the laptop manufacturer. However, this feature is automatically disabled if the laptop includes Optimus.
The power consumption of the GeForce GT 525M should be similar to the GT 425M and is therefore suited for 15” laptops. Furthermore, the 500M series supports Optimus to automatically switch between the integrated graphics card from Intel and the Nvidia GPU. The implementation of the Nvidia power-saving feature is completely dependent on the laptop manufacturer.
Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
GeForce GT 500M Series | |
Codename | N12P-GE |
Architecture | Fermi |
Pipelines | 96 - unified |
Core Speed | 600 MHz |
Shader Speed | 1200 MHz |
Memory Speed | 900 MHz |
Memory Bus Width | 128 Bit |
Memory Type | GDDR5, DDR3 |
Max. Amount of Memory | 1536 MB |
Shared Memory | no |
DirectX | DirectX 11, Shader 5.0 |
technology | 40 nm |
Notebook Size | medium sized |
Date of Announcement | 06.01.2011 |
Benchmarks
3DMark 11 - Performance 1280x720
min: 737 avg: 834.6 median: 901 (3%) max: 937 points
Toshiba Satellite L775-125 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 900 / MHz | 2048MB 70.08.45.00.36 | 737 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-16W | 2430M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 2048MB | 739 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 742 |
Toshiba  | 380M | 4096 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 512MB DDR3 8.17.12.6669 | 743 |
Toshiba Satellite Pro L770-116 | 2410M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 266.69 | 746 |
Dell XPS 15z | 2620M | 8192 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 2048MB ForceWare 267.21 | 901 |
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 902 |
Dell Vostro 3750 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.94, DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, Nvidia Optimus 8.17.12.6594 | 902 |
Fujitsu Lifebook AH531 | 2310M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 912 |
Fujitsu Lifebook NH751 | 2630QM | 6144 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 920 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 937 |
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3DMark 11 - Performance GPU 1280x720
min: 652 avg: 742.9 median: 799 (2%) max: 829 points
Toshiba Satellite L750-16W | 2430M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 2048MB | 652 |
Toshiba Satellite L775-125 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 900 / MHz | 2048MB 70.08.45.00.36 | 655 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 661 |
Toshiba Satellite Pro L770-116 | 2410M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 266.69 | 661 |
Toshiba  | 380M | 4096 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 512MB DDR3 8.17.12.6669 | 667 |
Dell XPS 15z | 2620M | 8192 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 2048MB ForceWare 267.21 | 799 |
Dell Vostro 3750 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.94, DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, Nvidia Optimus 8.17.12.6594 | 807 |
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 808 |
Fujitsu Lifebook NH751 | 2630QM | 6144 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 812 |
Fujitsu Lifebook AH531 | 2310M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 821 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 829 |
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3DMark Vantage
P Result 1280x1024 +3DMark Vantage - P Result 1280x1024
min: 3238 avg: 3750.1 median: 3839 (5%) max: 4072 Points
Toshiba Satellite L750-16W | 2430M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 2048MB | 3238 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 3297 |
Fujitsu Lifebook AH531 | 2310M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 3754 |
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 3830 |
Dell Vostro 3750 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.94, DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, Nvidia Optimus 8.17.12.6594 | 3849 |
Dell XPS 15z | 2620M | 8192 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 2048MB ForceWare 267.21 | 3891 |
Fujitsu Lifebook NH751 | 2630QM | 6144 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 4070 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 4072 |
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P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024 +3DMark Vantage - P GPU no PhysX 1280x1024
min: 2373 avg: 2927.4 median: 3230 (4%) max: 3258 Points
Dell Vostro 3750 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.94, DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, Nvidia Optimus 8.17.12.6594 | 2373 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-16W | 2430M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 2048MB | 2551 |
Toshiba Satellite Pro L770-116 | 2410M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 266.69 | 2596 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 2600 |
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 3230 |
Fujitsu Lifebook NH751 | 2630QM | 6144 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 3242 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 3245 |
Dell XPS 15z | 2620M | 8192 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 2048MB ForceWare 267.21 | 3252 |
Fujitsu Lifebook AH531 | 2310M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 3258 |
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3DMark 2001SE - Standard 1024x768
25685 Points (27%)
Dell Vostro 3750 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.94, DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, Nvidia Optimus 8.17.12.6594 | 25685 |
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3DMark 03 - Standard 1024x768

min: 14843 avg: 17618.2 median: 19070 (10%) max: 19146 Points
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3DMark 05 - Standard 1024x768

min: 11799 avg: 13307 median: 13768 (26%) max: 14509 Points
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop) 299%
3DMark 06 Standard 1280x1024 +3DMark 06

min: 6069 avg: 6902.1 median: 7058 (15%) max: 7588 Points
Standard 1280x1024 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-16W | 2430M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 2048MB | 6069 |
Toshiba Satellite Pro L770-116 | 2410M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 266.69 | 6116 |
Toshiba Satellite L775-125 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 900 / MHz | 2048MB 70.08.45.00.36 | 6681 |
Fujitsu Lifebook AH531 | 2310M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 7028 |
Dell Vostro 3750 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.94, DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, Nvidia Optimus 8.17.12.6594 | 7089 |
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 7254 |
Dell XPS 15z | 2620M | 8192 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 2048MB ForceWare 267.21 | 7392 |
Fujitsu Lifebook NH751 | 2630QM | 6144 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 7588 |
Standard 1280x768 1280x768 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 6792 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 8558 |
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Unigine Heaven 2.1 - high, Tesselation (normal), DirectX11 1280x1024

min: 9 avg: 11.5 median: 11 (5%) max: 12 fps
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SPECviewperf 11
Siemens NX 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Siemens NX 1920x1080

min: 1 avg: 2.3 median: 2 (1%) max: 2 fps
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 1.74 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 2.35 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 2.78 |
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Tcvis 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Tcvis 1920x1080
0.8 fps (1%)
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 0.69 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 0.71 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 0.84 |
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SolidWorks 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - SolidWorks 1920x1080

min: 4 avg: 5.7 median: 5 (6%) max: 6 fps
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 4.9 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 5.83 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 6.38 |

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Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Pro/ENGINEER 1920x1080
min: 0 avg: 1 (4%) max: 1 fps
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 0.95 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 0.97 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 1.02 |
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Maya 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Maya 1920x1080

min: 2 avg: 4.1 median: 2 (2%) max: 7 fps
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 2.07 |
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 2.95 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 7.37 |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -65%

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Lightwave 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Lightwave 1920x1080

9.3 fps (10%)
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 9.07 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 9.17 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 9.65 |

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Ensight 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Ensight 1920x1080

min: 7 avg: 8.2 median: 8 (4%) max: 8 fps
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 7.18 |
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 8.49 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 8.99 |
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 -88%
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Catia 1920x1080 +SPECviewperf 11 - Catia 1920x1080

min: 2 avg: 3.5 median: 3 (4%) max: 4 fps
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 2.89 |
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 3.3 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 4.32 |





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Windows 7 Experience Index - Gaming graphics

6.6 points (94%)

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Windows 7 Experience Index - Graphics

min: 4 avg: 5.7 median: 5 (71%) max: 6 points

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Cinebench R10 Shading 32Bit +Cinebench R10 - Shading 32Bit

min: 3409 avg: 4441.3 median: 4531 (23%) max: 5451 Points
Toshiba Satellite Pro L770-116 | 2410M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 266.69 | 3409 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 3452 |
Toshiba Satellite L775-125 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 900 / MHz | 2048MB 70.08.45.00.36 | 3492 |
Fujitsu Lifebook AH531 | 2310M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 4353 |
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 4709 |
Dell Vostro 3750 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.94, DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, Nvidia Optimus 8.17.12.6594 | 5231 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 5433 |
Fujitsu Lifebook NH751 | 2630QM | 6144 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 5451 |
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Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64Bit +Cinebench R11.5 - OpenGL 64Bit

min: 17 avg: 20.5 median: 22 (13%) max: 22 Points
Toshiba Satellite Pro L770-116 | 2410M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 266.69 | 17.81 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-16W | 2430M | 8192 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 2048MB | 17.9 |
Toshiba Satellite L775-125 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 900 / MHz | 2048MB 70.08.45.00.36 | 18.04 |
Toshiba Satellite L750-12R | 2410M | 2048 MB | 475 / 900 MHz | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.69 | 18.09 |
Dell Inspiron 17R (N7110) | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB Shadertakt: 1200 MHz, DDR3 ForceWare 265.94 | 22.38 |
Fujitsu Lifebook NH751 | 2630QM | 6144 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 22.46 |
Dell Vostro 3750 | 2410M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.94, DirectX 11, Shader 5.0, Nvidia Optimus 8.17.12.6594 | 22.65 |
Fujitsu Lifebook AH531 | 2310M | 4096 MB | 600 / 900 MHz | 1024MB ForceWare 265.77 | 22.73 |
Dell Inspiron Queen Q15R | 2630QM | 4096 MB | | 1024MB DDR3 ForceWare 66.83 | 22.74 |



















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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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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