Quadro FX Go540 vs HD Graphics 520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking857not rated
Place by popularity38not in top-100
Power efficiency10.35no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Curie (2003−2013)
GPU code nameSkylake GT2NV43
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)9 August 2004 (20 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 cores192no data
Core clock speed300 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million146 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+110 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate21.602.400
Floating-point processing power0.3456 TFLOPSno data
ROPs34
TMUs248

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).

InterfaceRing BusMXM-II
WidthIGPno 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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4DDR
Maximum RAM amount32 GB128 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared225 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data7.2 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)9.0c (9_3)
Shader Model6.43.0
OpenGL4.62.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)
OpenCL3.0N/A
Vulkan+N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 9 August 2004
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 128 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 110 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt

HD Graphics 520 has an age advantage of 11 years, a 25500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 685.7% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 520 and Quadro FX Go540. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 520 is a desktop card while Quadro FX Go540 is a mobile workstation one.


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