GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh vs Quadro P520
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 694 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 20.84 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GP108 | TU106B |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 23 May 2019 (7 years ago) | 16 June 2020 (6 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 384 | 2304 |
| Core clock speed | 1303 MHz | 900 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1493 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,800 million | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 115 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 35.83 | 162.0 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.147 TFLOPS | 5.184 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 64 |
| TMUs | 24 | 144 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 288 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 36 |
| L1 Cache | 144 KB | 2.3 MB |
| L2 Cache | 512 KB | 4 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 48.06 GB/s | 352.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.2 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 May 2019 | 16 June 2020 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 115 Watt |
Quadro P520 has 539% lower power consumption.
RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 17% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro P520 and GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro P520 is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q Refresh is a mobile workstation one.
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