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GeForce GT 520

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Release date ≤ Q2 2014.

Average Bench: 1.79% (561st of 713)

Based on 16,336 user benchmarks.  Devices: 10DE 1040, 10DE 0DE4 Model: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
Poor: 2%Average: 1.79% Great: 2%

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Terrible average bench

The Nvidia GeForce GT 520 averaged 98.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 2.16fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 2.05fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GeForce GT 520 is just 0.54%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GeForce GT 520 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 2.57fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 0.59fps

Average Bench

(Based on 16,336 samples)
Rank 5611.79%
Min Avg Max
1.8 Lighting 2.16 2.5
1.4 Reflection 2.57 3.8
0.3 Parallax 0.59 1
1.77% 1.77 fps
Min Avg Max
2.1 MRender 2.56 3.3
2 Gravity 2.3 2.5
1.51 Splatting 2.05 2.9
1.87% 2.3 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Device(0000 0000) 2GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 267 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13
1.89% Terrible
Lighting 2.4
Reflection 2.9
Parallax 0.7
2% 2 fps
MRender 2.4
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 1.9
2% 2.2 fps
Asus(1043 83BD) 1GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.54
1.82% Terrible
Lighting 2.2
Reflection 2.7
Parallax 0.8
2% 1.9 fps
MRender 2.7
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 2
2% 2.33 fps
Asus(1043 83A0) 1GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 353.62
1.76% Terrible
Lighting 2.1
Reflection 2.5
Parallax 0.3
2% 1.63 fps
MRender 2.6
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 2
2% 2.3 fps
XFX(1682 301A) 1GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 266 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
1.73% Terrible
Lighting 2.1
Reflection 2.1
Parallax 0.6
2% 1.6 fps
MRender 2.2
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 2
2% 2.17 fps
Device(107D 2735) 1GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 266 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
1.72% Terrible
Lighting 2.1
Reflection 2.4
Parallax 0.9
2% 1.8 fps
MRender 2.3
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 1.9
2% 2.17 fps
EVGA(3842 1525) 1GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
1.72% Terrible
Lighting 2.1
Reflection 2.2
Parallax 0.6
2% 1.63 fps
MRender 2.2
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 1.9
2% 2.13 fps
Zotac(19DA 1222) 1GB
CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 266 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
1.66% Terrible
Lighting 2
Reflection 2.2
Parallax 0.6
2% 1.6 fps
MRender 2.2
Gravity 2.3
Splatting 1.9
2% 2.13 fps
Asus(1043 83D2) 1GB
CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
1.62% Terrible
Lighting 1.9
Reflection 2.6
Parallax 0.6
2% 1.7 fps
MRender 2.6
Gravity 2.1
Splatting 1.9
2% 2.2 fps
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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Device(0000 0000) 19% 2% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83A0) 10% 2% ± 0%
Device(1B0A 90AA) 7% 2% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83D2) 4% 2% ± 0%
XFX(1682 301A) 3% 2% ± 0%
Sapphire(174B 3214) 3% 2% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1529) 3% 2% ± 0%
Sanyo(144D 8096) 3% 2% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0915) 3% 2% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 522C) 3% 2% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1525) 3% 2% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 0000) 3% 2% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2630) 3% 2% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 1401) 3% 2% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1526) 2% 2% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 352E) 2% 2% ± 0%
Gainward(10B0 0401) 2% 2% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3520) 2% 2% ± 0%
Sanyo(144D 8097) 2% 2% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83BD) 2% 2% ± 0%
PNY(196E 0915) 1% 2% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1222) 1% 2% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1527) 1% 2% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83D4) 1% 2% ± 0%
Device(1B4C 0915) 1% 2% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 1521) 1% 2% ± 0%
MSI(1462 2632) 1% 2% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 3214) 1% 2% ± 0%
EVGA(3842 2029) 1% 2% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 5213) 1% 2% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 352F) 1% 2% ± 0%
Device(107D 2735) 1% 2% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83C6) 1% 2% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83D7) 1% 2% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 2222) 1% 2% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1214) 1% 2% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83DA) 0% 2% ± 0%
Zotac(19DA 1215) 0% 2% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83D3) 0% 2% ± 0%
MSI(1462 8097) 0% 2% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83C1) 0% 1% ± 0%
Asus(1043 83C5) 0% 2% ± 0%
Nvidia(10DE 098E) 0% 2% ± 0%
Gigabyte(1458 3521) 0% 2% ± 0%
POV(1ACC 5223) 0% 2% ± 0%
Device(7377 0000) 0% 2% ± 0%
Device(1642 3A98) 0% 2% ± 0%
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Workstation 2%
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Disqualified System: bin bin

CPU
Core i7-3770Intel  $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples2,102x
Core i7-2600Intel  $173Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,630x
Core i5-3470Intel  $69Bench 63%, 223,595 samples966x
GPU
GeForce GT 520NvidiaBench 2%, 16,336 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $25Bench 66%, 424,288 samples851x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples460x
A400 480GBKingston  $35Bench 74%, 237,487 samples442x
RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples526x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples384x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples308x
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USA-User
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10,038

Disliked (edit your comment) Add link

2 years ago.

FRA-User
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4,675

Excellent

2 years ago.

This card is f****** slow damnit

AUS-User
Avatar level
4,042

Average

5 years ago.

I used this as my graphics card from 2011 until 2017. It played countless hours of Diablo II, Halo, Age of Empires, Kings and Mythology, Fallout 3, and flight simulators. It never ran anything particularly well but most games were playable at 800x600 or 1024x768 and moderate settings. Now days its just too old to really be considered, and driver support for modern titles has ceased. If you need a graphics adaptor for a chip without onboard graphics (some AMD Ryzen and Intel chips) then it's handy to have around, otherwise you are much better off with a more modern alternative like a GT 710 or 730 if you are budget constrained.

GEO-User
Avatar level
1,884

Excellent

2 years ago.

i mean, its good for low end pc and can play some high end games. definetly better than gtx 280

TUN-User
Avatar level
1,512

Poor

6 months ago.

I still use it to this day. It is not bad for playing older games, but now I can't play with it any new games.. so painful to use.

Gamejang
Avatar level
162

Good

3 years ago.

Used to be a fairly good GPU on the age. Now, time to say good bye.

boingk
Avatar level
60

Average

5 years ago.

I used this as my graphics card from 2011 until 2017. It played countless hours of Diablo II, Halo, Age of Empires, Kings and Mythology, Fallout 3, and flight simulators. It never ran anything particularly well but most games were playable at 800x600 or 1024x768 and moderate settings. Now days its just too old to really be considered, and driver support for modern titles has ceased. If you need a graphics adaptor for a chip without onboard graphics (some AMD Ryzen and Intel chips) then it's handy to have around, otherwise you are much better off with a more modern alternative like a GT 710 or 730 if you are budget constrained. [Reposted as I wrote it under the generic profile]

LeadVic
Avatar level
22

Poor

7 years ago.

It's not really useful now in 2017, It's too old and has too lower performance

deanps3
Avatar level
16

Excellent

3 years ago.

i used this gpu in my old 2012 rig, also overclocked. played a lot of 2004-2015 game titles and it was run smoothly except games from 2014+. still used in my current ryzen rig as second display adapter and haven't got issues.

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