Quadro P520 Max-Q vs Quadro M2000
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 492 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 1.49 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 9.82 | no data |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Pascal (2016−2021) |
| GPU code name | GM206 | GP108 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 8 April 2016 (9 years ago) | 23 May 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $437.75 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.
Performance to price scatter graph
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 | 768 | 384 |
| Core clock speed | 796 MHz | 1303 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1163 MHz | 1493 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,940 million | 1,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 55.82 | 35.83 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.786 TFLOPS | 1.147 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 16 |
| TMUs | 48 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | 288 KB | 144 KB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 512 KB |
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 |
| 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 | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1653 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | Up to 106 GB/s | 44 GB/s |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 4x DisplayPort | Portable Device Dependent |
| Number of simultaneous displays | 4 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| 3D Vision Pro | + | no data |
| Mosaic | + | no data |
| nView Desktop Management | + | no data |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.7 (6.4) |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 5.2 | 6.1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 April 2016 | 23 May 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 75 Watt | 18 Watt |
P520 Max-Q has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Quadro M2000 and Quadro P520 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro M2000 is a workstation graphics card while Quadro P520 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
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