AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 vs NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX Vega 2 and NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 2

Videocard is newer: launch date 0 year(s) 11 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 12 nm vs 28 nm
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 244 vs 227

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Jan 2018 vs 11 January 2017
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	244 vs 227

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1873 vs 506
Around 89% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6059 vs 3208

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	384 vs 128
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1873 vs 506
Geekbench - OpenCL	6059 vs 3208

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

244

227

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

506

1873

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3208

6059

Name	AMD Radeon RX Vega 2	NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	244	227
PassMark - G3D Mark	506	1873
Geekbench - OpenCL	3208	6059
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3011
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3011

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX Vega 2	NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Maxwell
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	GM108
Launch date	7 Jan 2018	11 January 2017
Place in performance rating	955	957
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	128	384
Transistor count	4500 million
Core clock speed		1041 MHz
Floating-point performance		799.5 gflops
Texture fill rate		16.66 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL		4.6
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		MXM-A (3.0)
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		2 GB
Memory bandwidth		40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory clock speed		5012 MHz
Memory type		GDDR5