NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 945M 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) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 1041 MHz vs 1029 MHz
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3079 vs 2961
  • Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3079 vs 2961
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 11 January 2017 vs 27 October 2015
Core clock speed 1041 MHz vs 1029 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 75 Watt
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3079 vs 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3079 vs 2961

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 945M

  • Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 29.81 GTexel / s vs 16.66 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 19% better floating-point performance: 953.9 gflops vs 799.5 gflops
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 255 vs 227
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2108 vs 1870
  • Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8099 vs 6338
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3683 vs 1692
  • 2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3683 vs 1692
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3343 vs 3011
  • Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3343 vs 3011
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 29.81 GTexel / s vs 16.66 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 953.9 gflops vs 799.5 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 255 vs 227
PassMark - G3D Mark 2108 vs 1870
Geekbench - OpenCL 8099 vs 6338
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3683 vs 1692
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3683 vs 1692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3343 vs 3011
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3343 vs 3011

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 945M

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
227
255
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1870
2108
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
6338
8099
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3079
2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3079
2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1692
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1692
3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3011
3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3011
3343
Name NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce 945M
PassMark - G2D Mark 227 255
PassMark - G3D Mark 1870 2108
Geekbench - OpenCL 6338 8099
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3079 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3079 2961
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1692 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1692 3683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3011 3343
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3011 3343
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 380.461
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.988
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.027
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 107.094

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce 945M

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Maxwell
Code name GM108 GM107
Launch date 11 January 2017 27 October 2015
Place in performance rating 951 952
Type Workstation Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1041 MHz 1029 MHz
Floating-point performance 799.5 gflops 953.9 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 512
Texture fill rate 16.66 GTexel / s 29.81 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 75 Watt
Boost clock speed 1085 MHz
Transistor count 1,870 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-A (3.0) MXM-B (3.0)
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.6 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 40.1 GB / s 16.02 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 5012 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus