AMD Radeon Pro W5500X vs NVIDIA Quadro P520

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Pro W5500X and NVIDIA Quadro P520 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: GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

NVIDIA Quadro P520

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro W5500X

Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1855 MHz vs 1493 MHz
11.6x more texture fill rate: 277.9 GTexel/s vs 23.89 GTexel/s
4x more pipelines: 1536 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 14 nm
8.8x lower typical power consumption: 205 Watt vs 1800 million
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3721 vs 3566
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3721 vs 3566
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 2295
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 2295
3.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 818 vs 243
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6967 vs 2105

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz vs 1493 MHz
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s vs 23.89 GTexel/s
Pipelines	1536 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt vs 1800 million
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 6000 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721 vs 3566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721 vs 3566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360 vs 2295
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360 vs 2295
PassMark - G2D Mark	818 vs 243
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967 vs 2105

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P520

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 1243 MHz

Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 1243 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Pro W5500X
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro P520

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3721

3566

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3721

3566

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

2295

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3360

2295

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

818

243

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6967

2105

Name	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	NVIDIA Quadro P520
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3721	3566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3721	3566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3360	2295
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3360	2295
PassMark - G2D Mark	818	243
PassMark - G3D Mark	6967	2105
Geekbench - OpenCL		7391
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3527

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Pro W5500X	NVIDIA Quadro P520
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 1.0	Pascal
Code name	Navi 10	GP108
Launch date	Q3'2020	27 May 2019
Place in performance rating	294	766
Type	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1855 MHz	1493 MHz
Compute units	20
Core clock speed	1243 MHz	1303 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	555.8 GFLOPS (1:16)	23.89 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.2 TFLOPS (2:1)	11.94 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.6 TFLOPS	764.4 GFLOPS
Pipelines	1536	384
Pixel fill rate	123.5 GPixel/s	23.89 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	277.9 GTexel/s	23.89 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	205 Watt	1800 million
Transistor count	10300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x Thunderbolt 3, 2x HDMI	No outputs
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	12 inches (305 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	None
Width	Dual-slot
Height		PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.1
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.4	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224 GB/s	40.10 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Technologies
Multi Monitor