NVIDIA Quadro P520 vs AMD Radeon R5 M420

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P520 and AMD Radeon R5 M420 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 R5 M420

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P520

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 67% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 780 MHz
Around 76% higher boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 850 MHz
1397.1x more texture fill rate: 23.89 GTexel/s vs 17.1 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
3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 243 vs 154
4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2105 vs 493
3.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3527 vs 972
213.8x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3527 vs 16.5
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3566 vs 2979
Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3566 vs 2979

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	243 vs 154
PassMark - G3D Mark	2105 vs 493
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527 vs 972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527 vs 16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566 vs 2979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566 vs 2979

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 93% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14165 vs 7356
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3165 vs 2295
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3165 vs 2295

Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	14165 vs 7356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3165 vs 2295
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3165 vs 2295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M420

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

243

154

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2105

493

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7356

14165

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

972

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

16.5

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

2979

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

2979

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

3165

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

3165

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P520	AMD Radeon R5 M420
PassMark - G2D Mark	243	154
PassMark - G3D Mark	2105	493
Geekbench - OpenCL	7356	14165
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527	972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527	16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566	2979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566	2979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2295	3165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2295	3165

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P520	AMD Radeon R5 M420
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP108	Jet
Launch date	27 May 2019	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	765	1112
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	850 MHz
Core clock speed	1303 MHz	780 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
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s	17.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1800 million
Floating-point performance		547.2 gflops
Transistor count		1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_1)
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	16 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
Multi Monitor