Quadro M520 vs K2200

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Aggregate performance score

Quadro K2200
2014
4 GB GDDR5, 68 Watt
9.18
+89.7%

K2200 outperforms M520 by an impressive 90% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking444606
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.94no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code nameGM107GM108
Market segmentWorkstationMobile workstation
Release date22 July 2014 (9 years ago)13 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$395.75 no data
Current price$313 (0.8x MSRP)no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

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 cores640384
Core clock speed1046 MHz756 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1019 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)68 Watt25 Watt
Texture fill rate44.9616.66
Floating-point performance1,439 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro K2200 and Quadro M520 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Length202 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s40 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 Connectors1x DVI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimusno data+
3D Stereono data+
nView Display Managementno data+
Optimusno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.5
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan+1.1.126
CUDA5.05.0

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 K2200 9.18
+89.7%
Quadro M520 4.84

K2200 outperforms M520 by 90% 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 K2200 3550
+89.8%
Quadro M520 1870

K2200 outperforms M520 by 90% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Quadro K2200 11170
+76.2%
Quadro M520 6338

K2200 outperforms M520 by 76% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

Benchmark coverage: 4%

Quadro K2200 11410
+59.1%
Quadro M520 7173

K2200 outperforms M520 by 59% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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 HD40−45
+81.8%
22
−81.8%
4K24−27
+71.4%
14
−71.4%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.18 4.84
Recency 22 July 2014 13 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 68 Watt 25 Watt

The Quadro K2200 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M520 in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro K2200 is a workstation card while Quadro M520 is a mobile workstation one.


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