Quadro P520 Max-Q vs GeForce MX150 GP107
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | GP107 | GP108 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 23 February 2019 (5 years ago) | 23 May 2019 (5 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 | 384 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 1469 MHz | 1303 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1532 MHz | 1493 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 3,300 million | 1,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 36.77 | 35.83 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.177 TFLOPS | 1.147 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 16 |
| TMUs | 24 | 24 |
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 | 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 | GDDR5 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 48.06 GB/s | 44 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 | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 (6.4) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 February 2019 | 23 May 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 25 Watt | 18 Watt |
P520 Max-Q has an age advantage of 3 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 38.9% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce MX150 GP107 and Quadro P520 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce MX150 GP107 is a notebook graphics card while Quadro P520 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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