NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 840A 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1041 MHz vs 1029 MHz
  • Around 32% lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • 2.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2002 MHz
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1870 vs 1180
  • Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6338 vs 5596
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3079 vs 2188
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3079 vs 2188
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 January 2017 vs 17 March 2014
Core clock speed 1041 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 2002 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1870 vs 1180
Geekbench - OpenCL 6338 vs 5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3079 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3079 vs 2188

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 840A

  • Around 8% higher texture fill rate: 17.98 GTexel / s vs 16.66 GTexel / s
  • Around 8% better floating-point performance: 863.2 gflops vs 799.5 gflops
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 266 vs 227
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2314 vs 1692
  • Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2314 vs 1692
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3117 vs 3011
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3117 vs 3011
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 17.98 GTexel / s vs 16.66 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops vs 799.5 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 266 vs 227
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2314 vs 1692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2314 vs 1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3117 vs 3011
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3117 vs 3011

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 840A

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
227
266
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1870
1180
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6338
5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3079
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3079
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1692
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1692
2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3011
3117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3011
3117
Name NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce 840A
PassMark - G2D Mark 227 266
PassMark - G3D Mark 1870 1180
Geekbench - OpenCL 6338 5596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3079 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3079 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1692 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1692 2314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3011 3117
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3011 3117

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce 840A

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
Code name GM108 GM108
Launch date 11 January 2017 17 March 2014
Place in performance rating 951 954
Type Workstation Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1041 MHz 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 799.5 gflops 863.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 16.66 GTexel / s 17.98 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 33 Watt
Boost clock speed 1124 MHz

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB / s 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 2002 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3