Quadro P520 Max-Q vs GRID K100

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGK107GP108
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date28 June 2013 (11 years ago)23 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$63 no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores192384
Core clock speed850 MHz1303 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1493 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate13.6035.83
Floating-point processing power0.3264 TFLOPS1.147 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs1624

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount256 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed891 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.51 GB/s44 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.7 (6.4)
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.06.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2013 23 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount 256 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 18 Watt

P520 Max-Q has an age advantage of 5 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 622.2% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GRID K100 and Quadro P520 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GRID K100 is a workstation card while Quadro P520 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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