NVIDIA Quadro P520 vs AMD Radeon 520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P520 and AMD Radeon 520 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).

NVIDIA Quadro P520

AMD Radeon 520

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P520

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 27% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 23.89 GTexel/s vs 20.60 GTexel/s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 243 vs 206
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2105 vs 859
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3527 vs 1182
3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3527 vs 1182
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3566 vs 1242
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3566 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s vs 20.60 GTexel/s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 4500 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	243 vs 206
PassMark - G3D Mark	2105 vs 859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566 vs 1242

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

36x lower typical power consumption: 50 Watt vs 1800 million
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 7391
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3351 vs 2295
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3351 vs 2295

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt vs 1800 million
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 7391
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 2295
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 2295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon 520

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

243

206

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2105

859

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7391

26304

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

1182

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

1182

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

1242

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

1242

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

3351

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

3351

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P520	AMD Radeon 520
PassMark - G2D Mark	243	206
PassMark - G3D Mark	2105	859
Geekbench - OpenCL	7391	26304
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527	1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527	1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566	1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566	1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2295	3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2295	3351

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P520	AMD Radeon 520
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP108	Oland
Launch date	27 May 2019	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	766	1098
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop, Laptop
Design		Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation		1st Gen
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	1030 MHz
Core clock speed	1303 MHz	1030 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	320
Pixel fill rate	23.89 GPixel/s	4.10 GP/s
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s	20.60 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1800 million	50 Watt
Compute units		5
Floating-point performance		660 GFLOPs
Render output units		4
Stream Processors		320
Texture Units		20
Transistor count		1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.10 GB/s	48 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)