Radeon Pro V520 vs GeForce GTX 950A

Place in the ranking	562	171
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code name	GM107	Navi 12
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	13 March 2015 (9 years ago)	1 December 2020 (3 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. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	640	2304
Core clock speed	993 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1124 MHz	1600 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	225 Watt
Texture fill rate	44.96	230.4
Floating-point processing power	1.439 gflops	7.373 gflops

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).

Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	MXM Module	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

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	DDR3	HBM2
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	2048 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	2 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	32.03 GB/s	512.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.5
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2
CUDA	5.0	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 950A 6.62

Pro V520 31.78
+380%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 950A 2554

Pro V520 12257
+380%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.62	31.78
Recency	13 March 2015	1 December 2020
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	225 Watt

GTX 950A has 200% lower power consumption.

Pro V520, on the other hand, has a 380.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon Pro V520 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 950A in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 950A is a desktop card while Radeon Pro V520 is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.