AMD Radeon 520 vs NVIDIA Quadro K4100M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and NVIDIA Quadro K4100M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon 520

NVIDIA Quadro K4100M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 46% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 706 MHz
303.9x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 67.78 GTexel / s
2x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 41% higher memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 3200 MHz
2.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 9097
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1182 vs 1105
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1182 vs 1105
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 3246
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 3246

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 23 July 2013
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 706 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s vs 67.78 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 3200 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 9097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182 vs 1105
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182 vs 1105
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3246

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K4100M

3.6x more pipelines: 1152 vs 320
2.5x better floating-point performance: 1,627 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2736 vs 860
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 324 vs 206
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1974 vs 1242
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1974 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1152 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,627 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2736 vs 860
PassMark - G2D Mark	324 vs 206
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1974 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1974 vs 1242

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro K4100M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

860

2736

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

206

324

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26304

9097

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

1105

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

1105

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

1974

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

1974

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3246

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3246

Name	AMD Radeon 520	NVIDIA Quadro K4100M
PassMark - G3D Mark	860	2736
PassMark - G2D Mark	206	324
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304	9097
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182	1105
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182	1105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1242	1974
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1242	1974
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3246
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.487
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		600.985
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.281
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		61.984

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 520	NVIDIA Quadro K4100M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler
Code name	Oland	GK104
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	1st Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	23 July 2013
Place in performance rating	1098	1075
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$1,499
Price now		$379.99
Value for money (0-100)		9.50
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	706 MHz
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs	1,627 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	1152
Pixel fill rate	4.10 GP/s
Render output units	4
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s	67.78 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	3,540 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Display Port		1.2
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12	12
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Shader Model		5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	102.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
3D Vision Pro
Mosaic
nView Display Management
Optimus