Quadro P520 vs Radeon HD 8310G
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 695 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.85 |
| Architecture | TeraScale 3 (2010−2013) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | Scrapper Lite | GP108 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | July 2013 (13 years ago) | 23 May 2019 (7 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 | 128 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 554 MHz | 1303 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 720 MHz | 1493 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,303 million | 1,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 5.760 | 35.83 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1843 TFLOPS | 1.147 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 | 16 |
| TMUs | 8 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 144 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 512 KB |
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 | no data | large |
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | System Shared | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1502 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 48.06 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 | 11.2 (11_0) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | - | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 20 Watt | 18 Watt |
Quadro P520 has a 129% more advanced lithography process, and 11% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8310G and Quadro P520. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8310G is a notebook graphics card while Quadro P520 is a mobile workstation one.
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