NVIDIA Quadro P520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro P520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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 960M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro P520

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1303 MHz vs 1096 MHz
Around 27% higher boost clock speed: 1493 MHz vs 1176 MHz
507.9x more texture fill rate: 23.89 GTexel/s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz

Launch date	27 May 2019 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1303 MHz vs 1096 MHz
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 2500 MHz

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
24x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 1800 million
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 246 vs 239
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3374 vs 2092
Around 39% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10948 vs 7859
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 3527
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 3527
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 3566
Around 4% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 3566
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 2295
Around 46% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 2295

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 1800 million
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	246 vs 239
PassMark - G3D Mark	3374 vs 2092
Geekbench - OpenCL	10948 vs 7859
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264 vs 3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264 vs 3527
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714 vs 3566
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714 vs 3566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 2295
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 2295

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

239

246

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2092

3374

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

7859

10948

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

5264

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3527

5264

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3566

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2295

3358

Name	NVIDIA Quadro P520	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
PassMark - G2D Mark	239	246
PassMark - G3D Mark	2092	3374
Geekbench - OpenCL	7859	10948
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3527	5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3527	5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3566	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3566	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2295	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2295	3358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		174.513
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1231

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro P520	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell
Code name	GP108	GM107
Launch date	27 May 2019	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	770	773
Type	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1493 MHz	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1303 MHz	1096 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	640
Pixel fill rate	23.89 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	23.89 GTexel/s	47.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	1800 million	75 Watt
CUDA cores		640
Floating-point performance		1,505 gflops
Transistor count		1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Multi monitor support
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Height	PCIe 3.0 x16
Laptop size	large	medium sized
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Interface		MXM-B (3.0)
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_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	80 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI