NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M vs ATI FireGL V5100

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M and ATI FireGL V5100. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GF108GPU NameR423
N12P-GV2-A1Model numberR423 GL-SE
FermiArchitectureR400
TSMCFoundryTSMC
40 nmProcess Size130 nm
585 millionTransistors160 million
116 mm²Die Size289 mm²

Graphics Card

Jan 5th, 2011Release DateMay 1st, 2004
GeForce 500MFamilyFireGL
(Vx100)
End-of-lifeProductionEnd-of-life
PCIe 2.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

1024 MBMemory Size128 MB
DDR3Memory TypeDDR
64 bitMemory Bus256 bit
12.80 GB/sBandwidth22.40 GB/s

Performance

1.344 GPixel/sPixel fillrate5.400 GPixel/s
5.376 GTexel/sTexture fillrate5.400 GTexel/s

Clock Speeds

800 MHz
1600 Mbps effective
Memory Clock350 MHz
700 Mbps effective
672 MHzGPU Clock450 MHz

Render Config

8TMUs12
4ROPs12

Board Design

12 WThermal design power (TDP)unknown
No outputsDisplay Connectors2x DVI
1x S-Video

API support

12 (11_0)DirectX9.0b (9_2)
4.6OpenGL2.1
1.1OpenCLN/A
N/AVulkanN/A