NVIDIA Quadro P520 vs AMD FirePro W5100

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P520 and AMD FirePro W5100 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).

NVIDIA Quadro P520

AMD FirePro W5100

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P520

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 930 MHz
535.2x more texture fill rate: 23.89 GTexel/s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 31 March 2014
Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 930 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s vs 44.64 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro W5100

2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
36x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 1800 million
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 531 vs 237
Around 42% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2978 vs 2091
Around 47% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11724 vs 7960
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 4397 vs 3527
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 4397 vs 3527
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3688 vs 3566
Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3688 vs 3566
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2295
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2295

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	768 vs 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 1800 million
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	531 vs 237
PassMark - G3D Mark	2978 vs 2091
Geekbench - OpenCL	11724 vs 7960
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	4397 vs 3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	4397 vs 3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3688 vs 3566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3688 vs 3566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 2295
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 2295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P520
GPU 2: AMD FirePro W5100

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

237

531

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2091

2978

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7960

11724

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

4397

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

4397

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

3688

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

3688

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

3356

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

3356

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P520	AMD FirePro W5100
PassMark - G2D Mark	237	531
PassMark - G3D Mark	2091	2978
Geekbench - OpenCL	7960	11724
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527	4397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566	3688
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2295	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2295	3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		35.15
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		838.518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		57.354
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		163.258

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P520	AMD FirePro W5100
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP108	Bonaire
Launch date	27 May 2019	31 March 2014
Place in performance rating	758	627
Type	Mobile workstation	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz
Core clock speed	1303 MHz	930 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	23.89 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.94 GFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	764.4 GFLOPS
Pipelines	384	768
Pixel fill rate	23.89 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s	44.64 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1800 million	50 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,428 gflops
Transistor count		2,080 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	4x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort count		4
Dual-link DVI support
HD сomponent video output
StereoOutput3D
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Form factor		Full Height / Half Length
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		171 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.10 GB/s	96 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Technologies
Multi Monitor