NVIDIA Quadro P520 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P520 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P520

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 6 month(s) later
2.2x more core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 601 MHz
3313.5x more texture fill rate: 23.89 GTexel/s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
7.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2094 vs 292

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 601 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2094 vs 292

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

12x lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 1800 million
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 344 vs 237
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2648 vs 2295
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2648 vs 2295

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt vs 1800 million
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	344 vs 237
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2648 vs 2295
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2648 vs 2295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P520
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

237

344

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2094

292

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

2648

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

2648

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P520	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
PassMark - G2D Mark	237	344
PassMark - G3D Mark	2094	292
Geekbench - OpenCL	7966
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2295	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2295	2648

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P520	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP108	R600
Launch date	27 May 2019	6 November 2007
Place in performance rating	776	773
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz
Core clock speed	1303 MHz	601 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 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	240
Pixel fill rate	23.89 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s	7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1800 million	150 Watt
Floating-point performance		288.48 gflops
Transistor count		720 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	40.10 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Technologies
Multi Monitor