Quadro P520 vs Tesla V100 PCIe
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 693 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 20.84 |
| Architecture | Volta (2017−2020) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | GV100 | GP108 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 21 June 2017 (9 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 | 5120 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1246 MHz | 1303 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1380 MHz | 1493 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 21,100 million | 1,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 441.6 | 35.83 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 1.147 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 128 | 16 |
| TMUs | 320 | 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 | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | 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 | HBM2 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1758 MHz | 1502 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 900.1 GB/s | 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 | 12.0 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.2.131 |
| CUDA | 7.0 | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 21 June 2017 | 23 May 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 2 GB |
| Chip lithography | 12 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | 18 Watt |
Tesla V100 PCIe has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 17% more advanced lithography process.
Quadro P520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 1289% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Tesla V100 PCIe and Quadro P520. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla V100 PCIe is a workstation graphics card while Quadro P520 is a mobile workstation one.
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