AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded vs NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded and NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 413 vs 227
  • Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8804 vs 6338
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2433 vs 1692
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 6729 vs 3011
  • Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2433 vs 1692
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 6729 vs 3011
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 February 2018 vs 11 January 2017
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 vs 227
Geekbench - OpenCL 8804 vs 6338
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2433 vs 1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 vs 3011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2433 vs 1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 vs 3011

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

  • 3.5x more core clock speed: 1041 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1870 vs 1584
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3079 vs 1514
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3079 vs 1514
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1041 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1870 vs 1584
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3079 vs 1514
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3079 vs 1514

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1584
1870
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
413
227
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
8804
6338
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6729
3011
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1514
3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2433
1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6729
3011
Name AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile
PassMark - G3D Mark 1584 1870
PassMark - G2D Mark 413 227
Geekbench - OpenCL 8804 6338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.891
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 365.4
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 37.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 132.07
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1514 3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2433 1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6729 3011
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1514 3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2433 1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6729 3011
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 705

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon Vega 8 Embedded NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

Essentials

Architecture GCN 5.0 Maxwell
Code name Owl GM108
Launch date 13 February 2018 11 January 2017
Place in performance rating 950 951
Type Desktop Workstation

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1300 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 1041 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 4,940 million
Floating-point performance 799.5 gflops
Pipelines 384
Texture fill rate 16.66 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.6

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