AMD Radeon Vega 10 vs NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 10 and NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, API support, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon Vega 10

NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 10

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 365 vs 226
Around 58% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9587 vs 6059
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3402 vs 1692
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3235 vs 3011
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3402 vs 1692
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3235 vs 3011

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	26 October 2017 vs 11 January 2017
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	365 vs 226
Geekbench - OpenCL	9587 vs 6059
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3082 vs 3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3402 vs 1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3235 vs 3011
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3082 vs 3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3402 vs 1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3235 vs 3011

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

4.2x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1881 vs 1556

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1881 vs 1556

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 10
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1556

1881

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

365

226

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9587

6059

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3082

3079

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3402

1692

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3235

3011

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3082

3079

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3402

1692

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3235

3011

Name	AMD Radeon Vega 10	NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark	1556	1881
PassMark - G2D Mark	365	226
Geekbench - OpenCL	9587	6059
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	12.526
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	357.982
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	2.218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	37.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	155.274
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3082	3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3402	1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3235	3011
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3082	3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3402	1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3235	3011
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	797

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon Vega 10	NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Vega	Maxwell
Code name	Vega Raven Ridge	GM108
Launch date	26 October 2017	11 January 2017
Place in performance rating	956	957
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1400 MHz
Core clock speed		1041 MHz
Floating-point performance		799.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology		28 nm
Pipelines		384
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
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth		40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width		64 Bit
Memory type		GDDR5
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		MXM-A (3.0)