Quadro M520 vs M2000

Place in performance ranking	404	602
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	4.05	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2015−2019)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	GM206	GM108
Market segment	Workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	8 April 2016 (8 years ago)	13 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$437.75	no data
Current price	$285 (0.7x MSRP)	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	768	384
Core clock speed	796 MHz	756 MHz
Boost clock speed	1163 MHz	1019 MHz
Number of transistors	2,940 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	55.82	16.66
Floating-point performance	1,812 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Quadro M2000 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 size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Length	201 mm	no data
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	no data
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	128 Bit	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6612 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth	Up to 106 GB/s	40 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 Connectors	DP DP DP DP	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data

Supported GPU Technologies

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

Optimus	no data	+
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
3D Stereo	no data	+
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	no data	+
nView Desktop Management	+	no data
Optimus	no data	+

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12
Shader Model	5	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.1.126
CUDA	5.2	5.0

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 M2000 10.33
+114%

Quadro M520 4.83

M2000 outperforms M520 by 114% 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 M2000 3998
+114%

Quadro M520 1870

M2000 outperforms M520 by 114% 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 M2000 14036
+121%

Quadro M520 6338

M2000 outperforms M520 by 121% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.