NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile vs AMD Radeon R9 M360

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile and AMD Radeon R9 M360 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: 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1041 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • 4.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1870 vs 1836
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3079 vs 2801
  • Around 10% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3079 vs 2801
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1692 vs 1623
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1692 vs 1623
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 January 2017 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed 1041 MHz vs 900 MHz
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1870 vs 1836
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3079 vs 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3079 vs 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1692 vs 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1692 vs 1623

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M360

  • Around 78% higher texture fill rate: 29.6 GTexel / s vs 16.66 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 18% better floating-point performance: 947.2 gflops vs 799.5 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 451 vs 227
  • Around 34% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8493 vs 6338
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3360 vs 3011
  • Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3360 vs 3011
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 29.6 GTexel / s vs 16.66 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 947.2 gflops vs 799.5 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 451 vs 227
Geekbench - OpenCL 8493 vs 6338
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3360 vs 3011
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3360 vs 3011

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M360

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
227
451
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1870
1836
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6338
8493
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3079
2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3079
2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1692
1623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1692
1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3011
3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3011
3360
Name NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile AMD Radeon R9 M360
PassMark - G2D Mark 227 451
PassMark - G3D Mark 1870 1836
Geekbench - OpenCL 6338 8493
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3079 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3079 2801
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1692 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1692 1623
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3011 3360
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3011 3360
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 575.773
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.902
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 34.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 87.811

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile AMD Radeon R9 M360

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Tropo
Launch date 11 January 2017 5 May 2015
Place in performance rating 951 962
Type Workstation Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 300 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 1041 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 799.5 gflops 947.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 512
Texture fill rate 16.66 GTexel / s 29.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt
Boost clock speed 925 MHz
Compute units 8
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x16
Bus support PCIe 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB / s 72 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5

Technologies

AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore