Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce GTX 970 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GT 520 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce GTX 970 is 1255 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GT 520.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
- Performs up to 471% better in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than GeForce GT 520 - 40 vs 7 FPS
- Up to 1% cheaper than GeForce GT 520 - $127.22 vs $129.0
- Up to 83% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than GeForce GT 520 - $3.18 vs $18.43 per FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 - 4 vs 1 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GT 520
- Consumes up to 80% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 29 vs 148 Watts
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
FPS
40
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.18/FPS
100%
Price, $
$127.22
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
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Theoretical Performance
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 |
---|---|---|
Sep 19th, 2014 | Release Date | Apr 13th, 2011 |
GeForce 900 | Generation | GeForce 500 |
$329 | MSRP | $59 |
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA |
2x 6-pin | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
4 GB | Memory | 1 GB |
GDDR5 | Type | DDR3 |
256-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
224.4 GB/s | Bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s |
1050 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 810 MHz |
1178 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1753 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 900 MHz |