NVIDIA Quadro P520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P520

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 1127 MHz
Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 1178 MHz
331.8x more texture fill rate: 23.89 GTexel/s vs 72 billion / sec
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
857.1x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 22 January 2015
Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 1127 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz vs 1178 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s vs 72 billion / sec
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

2.7x more pipelines: 1024 vs 384
15x lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 1800 million
2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 237
2.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6111 vs 2091
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 18734 vs 7960
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 3527
2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 3527
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 3566
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 3566
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3335 vs 2295
Around 45% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3335 vs 2295

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1024 vs 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 1800 million
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	673 vs 237
PassMark - G3D Mark	6111 vs 2091
Geekbench - OpenCL	18734 vs 7960
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	7218 vs 3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	7218 vs 3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691 vs 3566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691 vs 3566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3335 vs 2295
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3335 vs 2295

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro P520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

237

673

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2091

6111

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7960

18734

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

7218

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

7218

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

3691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

3335

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

3335

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P520	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
PassMark - G2D Mark	237	673
PassMark - G3D Mark	2091	6111
Geekbench - OpenCL	7960	18734
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527	7218
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2295	3335
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2295	3335
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		73.733
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		792.44
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.888
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		35.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		200.825
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		162

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P520	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GP108	GM206
Launch date	27 May 2019	22 January 2015
Place in performance rating	758	514
Type	Mobile workstation	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$199
Price now		$229.99
Value for money (0-100)		34.63
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	1178 MHz
Core clock speed	1303 MHz	1127 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	1024
Pixel fill rate	23.89 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s	72 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1800 million	120 Watt
CUDA cores		1024
Floating-point performance		2,413 gflops
Transistor count		2,940 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support
Audio input for HDMI		Internal
HDCP
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	PCIe 3.0 x16	4.376" (11.1 cm)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pins
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Interface		PCIe 3.0 x16
Length		9.5" (24.1 cm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
SLI options		2x
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.10 GB/s	112 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	7.0 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
CUDA
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost