Quadro P520 vs 5000M

Place in performance ranking	577	573
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.08	1.08
Architecture	Fermi (2010−2014)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Fermi	GP108
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	27 July 2010 (13 years old)	27 May 2019 (4 years old)
Current price	$3732	$1670

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Quadro P520 has 1250% better value for money than Quadro 5000M.

Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	320	384
Core clock speed	405 MHz	1303 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1493 MHz
Number of transistors	3,100 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	100 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	16.20	35.83
Floating-point performance	518.4 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Quadro 5000M and Quadro P520 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

Memory

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	2 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1200 MHz	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	48.06 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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 support

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

Quadro 5000M 5.32

Quadro P520 5.43
+2.1%

P520 outperforms 5000M by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Quadro 5000M 2059

Quadro P520 2104
+2.2%

P520 outperforms 5000M by 2% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

Quadro 5000M 7767

Quadro P520 15720
+102%

P520 outperforms 5000M by 102% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

Gaming performance

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

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	18−21 −16.7%	21 +16.7%
4K	18−20 −11.1%	20 +11.1%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −81.8%	20 +81.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −5.9%	18−20 +5.9%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	13 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −63.6%	18 +63.6%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −5.9%	18−20 +5.9%
Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Metro Exodus	8−9 +33.3%	6 −33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −72.7%	19 +72.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −6.3%	16−18 +6.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −45.5%	16 +45.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −5.9%	18−20 +5.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +0%	11 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Hitman 3	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

This is how Quadro 5000M and Quadro P520 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

Quadro P520 is 16.7% faster than Quadro 5000M

4K resolution:

Quadro P520 is 11.1% faster than Quadro 5000M

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Quadro 5000M is 33.3% faster than the Quadro P520.
in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro P520 is 81.8% faster than the Quadro 5000M.

All in all, in popular games: