NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590 Full Specs

Summary

48 Shaders 810MHz	1,024 Shaders 607MHz
1GB DDR314.4GB/s	4GB GDDR5327.9GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 155.5 GFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.49 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 29W	TDP 365W
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 2x 8-Pin

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP64 Memory Bandwidth TDP

GeForce GT 520155.5 GFLOPSFP32

x1

GeForce GTX 5902.49 TFLOPSFP32 (2x 1.24 TFLOPS)

x16.00

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed810MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed607MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 155.5 GFLOPSFP32	Peak OPS 2.49 TFLOPSFP32
FP32 155.5 GFLOPS	FP32 2.49 TFLOPS
FP64 12.96 GFLOPS	FP64 311 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 6.5 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 58.3 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 13 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 77.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 48 Shaders	Shaders 1,024 Shaders
TMUs 8 TMUs	TMUs 128 TMUs
ROPs 4 ROPs	ROPs 96 ROPs
SM 1 SM	SMs 32 SMs

Clocks

Boost Clock 810MHz	Boost Clock 607MHz
Shader Clock 1.62GHz	Shader Clock 1.22GHz

Cache

L2 Cache 128KB shared

L2 Cache 768KB shared

Memory

1GB DDR3	4GB GDDR5
Memory Bus 64-bit	Memory Bus 384-bit
Memory Speed 1.8GT/s	Memory Speed 3.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 14.4GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 327.9GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 29W

TDP 365W

Video Output

Multi-Monitor 2

Multi-Monitor 4

Ports

-	1x Mini DisplayPort 1.1
1x HDMI 1.3	-
1x DVI-I Dual-Link	3x DVI-I Dual-Link
1x VGA	-

Decoder

Decoder Model VP5

Decoder Model VP4

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe 1-Slots	PCIe 2-Slots
Height 69 mm (2.72") Width 145 mm (5.71") Depth 20 mm (0.79")	Height 111 mm (4.37") Width 279 mm (10.98") Depth 40 mm (1.57")
Cooling Open-Air 1x Fan	Cooling Open-Air 1x Fan
Power Connectors -	Power Connectors 2x 8-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer NVIDIA	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Fermi	Architecture Fermi
Family GeForce 500	Family GeForce 500
Branding	Branding
Codename NVD9	Codename NVC8
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Apr 12, 2011	Release Date Mar 24, 2011

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 40nm	Fabrication Node 40nm
Die Size 79mm²	Die Size 520mm²
Transistor Count 292 Million	Transistor Count 3 Billion
Transistor Density 3.7 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 5.77 MTr/mm²

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