Key Differences
In short — GeForce GTX 1070 outperforms GeForce GT 520 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce GTX 1070 is 1885 days newer than GeForce GT 520.
Advantages of GeForce GT 520
- Consumes up to 81% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 - 29 vs 150 Watts
Advantages of GeForce GTX 1070
- Performs up to 27% better in Minecraft than GeForce GT 520 - 590 vs 464 FPS
- Up to 700% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 - 8 vs 1 GB
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce GT 520
Desktop • Apr 13th, 2011
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Theoretical Performance
GeForce GTX 1070
Desktop • Jun 10th, 2016
Pixel Fillrate
107.7 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
202 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GT 520 | vs | GeForce GTX 1070 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 13th, 2011 | Release Date | Jun 10th, 2016 |
| GeForce 500 | Generation | GeForce 10 |
$59 | MSRP | $379 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a, 1x VGA | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 1 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| DDR3 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 64-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 14.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 256.3 GB/s |
| 810 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1506 MHz |
| Not Available | Boost Clock Speed | 1683 MHz |
| 900 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2002 MHz |
