NVIDIA Quadro P520 vs AMD Radeon R9 M470

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P520 and AMD Radeon R9 M470 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 R9 M470

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P520

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 45% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 1000 MHz
497.7x more texture fill rate: 23.89 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3566 vs 1804
Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3566 vs 1804
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2295 vs 1674
Around 37% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2295 vs 1674

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 15 May 2016
Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s vs 48 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566 vs 1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2295 vs 1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2295 vs 1674

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M470

2x more pipelines: 768 vs 384
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 307 vs 243
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2331 vs 2105
6.5x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 47924 vs 7368

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	768 vs 384
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	307 vs 243
PassMark - G3D Mark	2331 vs 2105
Geekbench - OpenCL	47924 vs 7368

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M470

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

243

307

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2105

2331

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7368

47924

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

1804

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

1804

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

1674

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

1674

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P520	AMD Radeon R9 M470
PassMark - G2D Mark	243	307
PassMark - G3D Mark	2105	2331
Geekbench - OpenCL	7368	47924
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566	1804
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566	1804
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2295	1674
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2295	1674

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P520	AMD Radeon R9 M470
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 2.0
Code name	GP108	Strato
Launch date	27 May 2019	15 May 2016
Place in performance rating	766	769
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1303 MHz	900 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	48 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1800 million
Floating-point performance		1,536 gflops
Transistor count		2,080 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	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
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
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
DirectCompute 5.0