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NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX is a graphics card released on May 30, 2011, built on the Fermi architecture. It has 48 shading units, 1 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus, 14.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 900 MHz and a 20 W board power rating. It scores 290 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6.

FermiGF119

9/10 key specs recorded · 29 facts

Depth: 36 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: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

48cores

Memory

1 GB

DDR3 · 64-bit

Boost clock

n/a

900 MHz base

Board power

20 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX scores 290 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 28.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,101), measured across 528 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 54.

PassMark G3D Mark

290

Rank #2,101
Faster than 28.5% of 2,658 GPUs
528 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 4 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 32.1% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 2 fps

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

GPU Compute 81 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 2.5% 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 520MX averages DirectX 9 6 fps, DirectX 10 4 fps, DirectX 11 2 fps and GPU Compute 81 ops/s, across 528 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 900 MHz

Memory clock 1800 MHz

DirectX 11

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 20 W

First benchmarked 2012-10-16

Samples 528

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX states the PCIe 2.0 x16 interface, up to 1 GB of memory, a core clock of 900 MHz, DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2012-10-16. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Fermi

Codename GF119

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX is based on the Fermi architecture and uses the GF119 graphics processor.

Shader configuration

Shading units 48

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 8

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 520MX has 48 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 render output units.

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX 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 520MX. Feex has no recorded ray tracing core count for the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX.

Clock speeds

Base clock 900 MHz

Boost clock Not recorded

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX runs at a base clock of 900 MHz.

Memory

Size 1 GB

Type DDR3

Bus width 64-bit

Bandwidth 14.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX is equipped with 1 GB of DDR3 memory, uses a 64-bit memory bus and delivers 14.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX has a board power rating of 20 W and it connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 20 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 May 30, 2011

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce GT

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX was released on May 30, 2011.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 290

PassMark G2D 54

Rank #2,101

Samples 528

Graphics and compute APIs

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

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

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

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as (PE64) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) (PE64) NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX; NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX have?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX has 1 GB of DDR3 memory on a 64-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 14.4 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX has a board power rating of 20 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX scores 290 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 28.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,101.

What bus interface does the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX use?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX connects over PCIe 2.0 x16.

When was the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX released?

The NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX was released on May 30, 2011.

Corrections to this record

After an audit, 1 empty field was filled from sources. Each change is listed with its old value, new value, rule and sources.

1 filled value

Architecture: Fermi (was Not recorded). Rule: Architecture from chip codename. chip GF119 -> Fermi. Sources: Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units (revision 1377107724).

The audit log is public: all changes for this GPU, the corrections overview and the method.