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NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M is a graphics card released on January 5, 2011. It has 1 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus, 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth and a 12 W board power rating. It scores 289 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.

GF119

7/10 key specs recorded · 25 facts

Depth: 32 recorded fields, 4 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 7 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

n/a

Memory

1 GB

DDR3 · 64-bit

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

12 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M scores 289 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 28.4% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,099), measured across 1,080 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 77.

PassMark G3D Mark

289

Rank #2,099
Faster than 28.4% of 2,658 GPUs
1,080 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 8.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 11.9% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 2 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 1.2% of 1,430 GPUs

GPU Compute 98 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 2.9% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M averages DirectX 9 6 fps, DirectX 10 2 fps, DirectX 11 2 fps and GPU Compute 98 ops/s, across 1,080 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Max memory 1 GB

Core clock 740 MHz

Memory clock 1600 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 12 W

First benchmarked 2012-08-18

Samples 1,080

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 740 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-08-18. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename GF119

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M uses the GF119 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units Not recorded

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) Not recorded

Render output units (ROPs) 4

Ray tracing cores Not recorded

Tensor / AI cores Not recorded

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type DDR3

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M is equipped with 1 GB of DDR3 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 12.8 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M has a board power rating of 12 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 12 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 2.0 x16

Market

Launched January 5, 2011

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GT

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M was released on January 5, 2011.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 289

PassMark G2D 77

Rank #2,099

Samples 1,080

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M.