GeForce GT 525M: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide
GeForce GT 525M — 14 games benchmarked at 1080p, 1 model in the catalog.
GeForce GT 525M — 14 games benchmarked at 1080p , 1 laptop models in the used-laptop catalog . This guide covers what the chip delivers in games, where it sits among mobile GPUs in 2026, and which laptops carry it.
The GeForce GT 525M is the mass-market 2011 multimedia laptop GPU — the option tick-box on a million Dell Inspiron 15R orders. This guide covers its 14 recorded game benchmarks at 1080p and its single catalog host.
Where the GT 525M sits in 2026
The composite ranks it #306 of 341 (score 2.3). The neighbors: HD 7670M (#303, 2.5), NVS 5200M (#304, 2.4) and HD 6770M (#305, 2.3) above; the GT 740M (#307, 2.2), GT 720M (#308, 2.2) and R5 M230 (#309, 2.2) below. Bottom decile, as expected for 96 Fermi cores — the tier where 2011's "multimedia" label quietly meant "not for games".
What the chip brings
The record lists 96 CUDA cores on a 40nm die, 1GB of DDR3, a 23W envelope and 0.18 TFLOPS. Public benchmarks: PassMark 451, Fire Strike 630, OpenCL 1856. The GT 525M was the classic OEM choice: enough for Windows Aero and 1080p video decode, priced to disappear into the invoice.
FPS in games at 1080p
At the high preset: legacy ceilings (CS:GO/Overwatch 240, GTA V/PUBG 140), then Valorant 30, Dota 2 14, Forza Horizon 4 and The Witcher 3 at 7, Counter-Strike 2 3, Cyberpunk 2077 and Fortnite 2, Far Cry 5 / Forza Horizon 5 / Metro Exodus 1. The playable boundary sits between Dota 2 and everything after it — the same line most of this catalog's 2011 tier shares.
Laptops that carry it
One catalog listing: the Dell Inspiron 15R N5110 — the archetypal 2011 15-inch consumer laptop, recorded here without a price. No fleet, no variants: the GT 525M's catalog existence is a single preserved specimen of a very common machine.
Bottom line
The GT 525M is nostalgia hardware: light e-sports at low settings, video duty forever, and a game table that ends where the modern era begins. If the N5110 surfaces locally for pocket money, it earns its keep as a writing machine — nothing on this page suggests more.
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🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
🎮 GeForce GT 525M — game FPS at 1080p
Average FPS per game, high quality preset.
| Game | FPS (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Overwatch | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | 30 | ⚠ Playable |
| Dota 2 | 14 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2 | ✗ Low |
| Fortnite | 2 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | 1 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | 1 | ✗ Low |
| CS:GO | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| GTA V | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| The Witcher 3 | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3 | ✗ Low |
Laptops with the GeForce GT 525M
1 matched models — newest first. Names link to the full review.
| Model | Year | Class | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Inspiron 15R N5110 | — | Laptop | — |
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