NVIDIA Quadro P520 vs AMD Radeon R7 250

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P520 and AMD Radeon R7 250 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA Quadro P520

AMD Radeon R7 250

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P520

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 1050 MHz
1066.5x more texture fill rate: 23.89 GTexel/s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
5.2x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2105 vs 1073
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3527 vs 2179
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3527 vs 2179
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3566 vs 3170
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3566 vs 3170

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 8 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s vs 22.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2105 vs 1073
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527 vs 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527 vs 2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566 vs 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566 vs 3170

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R7 250

24x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 1800 million
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 289 vs 243
Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7733 vs 7391
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)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 1800 million
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	289 vs 243
Geekbench - OpenCL	7733 vs 7391
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 Radeon R7 250

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

243

289

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2105

1073

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7391

7733

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

2179

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

2179

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

3170

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

3170

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 Radeon R7 250
PassMark - G2D Mark	243	289
PassMark - G3D Mark	2105	1073
Geekbench - OpenCL	7391	7733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527	2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527	2179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566	3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2295	3356
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2295	3356
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		20.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		304.279
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		30.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		96.934
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P520	AMD Radeon R7 250
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP108	Oland
Launch date	27 May 2019	8 October 2013
Place in performance rating	766	1089
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R7 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$89
Price now		$78.34
Value for money (0-100)		27.62
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	1303 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	384
Pixel fill rate	23.89 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s	22.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1800 million	75 Watt
Floating-point performance		716.8 gflops
Stream Processors		384
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	N / A
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x8
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.10 GB/s	72 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1150 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3 / GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync