NVIDIA Quadro K2200 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro K2200 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1 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.

NVIDIA Quadro K2200

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro K2200

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 29% higher core clock speed: 1046 MHz vs 810 MHz
6.9x more texture fill rate: 44.96 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 640 vs 48
9.3x better floating-point performance: 1,439 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 1 GB
2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Launch date	22 July 2014 vs 13 April 2011
Core clock speed	1046 MHz vs 810 MHz
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s vs 6.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 48
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops vs 155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 29 Watt vs 68 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	29 Watt vs 68 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro K2200
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1

Name	NVIDIA Quadro K2200	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1
PassMark - G3D Mark	3572
PassMark - G2D Mark	548
Geekbench - OpenCL	12020
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	40.695
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	588.094
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	3.205
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	30.455
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	166.26
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4921
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1671
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4921
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1671
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1193

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro K2200	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 PCIe x1
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GM107	GF119
Launch date	22 July 2014	13 April 2011
Launch price (MSRP)	$395.75
Place in performance rating	787	not rated
Price now	$343.99
Type	Workstation	Desktop
Value for money (0-100)	13.01
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz
Core clock speed	1046 MHz	810 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,439 gflops	155.52 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	640	48
Texture fill rate	44.96 GTexel / s	6.48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	68 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	292 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x1
Length	202 mm	152 mm
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	80.19 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3