Quadro M520: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Quadro M520 provides poor gaming and benchmark performance at 4.29% of a leader's which is RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell.

Summary

NVIDIA started Quadro M520 sales 11 January 2017. This is a Maxwell architecture notebook card based on 28 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at designers. 2 GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1.25 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 40 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via MXM-A (3.0) interface. Power consumption is at 25 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about Quadro M520: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking683
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Power efficiency13.78of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameGM108
Market segmentMobile workstation
Release date11 January 2017 (8 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Quadro M520's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Quadro M520's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores384of 960 (GeForce GTX 660)
Core clock speed1041 MHzof 980 (GeForce GT 755M SLI)
Boost clock speed1019 MHzof 1000 (HD Graphics (Haswell))
Manufacturing process technology28 nmof 0.003 MB (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattof 235 (FirePro S9150)
Texture fill rate16.66of 1,968 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Floating-point processing power0.7995 TFLOPSof 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs8of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs16of 896 (Data Center GPU Max 1350)
L1 Cache128 KBof 64 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1550)
L2 Cache1024 KBof 408 MB (Data Center GPU Max 1350)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Quadro M520 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sized
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on Quadro M520: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory typeGDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GBof 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width64 Bitof 384 (GeForce GTX 980 Ti)
Memory clock speed1253 MHzof 16384000 MB (GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile)
Memory bandwidth40 GB/sof 983040 MB (GeForce RTX 5080)
Shared memory-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on Quadro M520. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs

Supported technologies

Technological solutions and APIs supported by Quadro M520. You'll probably need this information if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+
3D Stereo+
nView Display Management+
Optimus+

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by Quadro M520, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX12
Shader Model5.1
OpenGL4.5of 4.6 (RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell)
OpenCL1.2
Vulkan1.1.126
CUDA5.0

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of Quadro M520. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

Quadro M520
4.29

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

Quadro M520 Samples: 83 1896

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Quadro M520 2658

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.

Quadro M520 11278

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Quadro M520 2342

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Quadro M520 13394

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.

Quadro M520 6410

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Quadro M520 166193

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

Quadro M520 614

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.

Quadro M520 7173

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

Quadro M520 28

Gaming performance

Let's see how good Quadro M520 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD20
4K12

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 20−22
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
Counter-Strike 2 20−22
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
Far Cry 5 14−16
Fortnite 27−30
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
Valorant 55−60

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
Counter-Strike 2 20−22
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 80−85
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
Dota 2 40−45
Far Cry 5 14−16
Fortnite 27−30
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
Forza Horizon 5 12−14
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
Metro Exodus 9−10
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
Valorant 55−60

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
Dota 2 40−45
Far Cry 5 14−16
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
Hogwarts Legacy 10−11
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 18−20
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
Valorant 55−60

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 27−30

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 35−40
Grand Theft Auto V 5−6
Metro Exodus 3−4
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
Valorant 50−55

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
Far Cry 5 9−10
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
Hogwarts Legacy 5−6
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 9−10

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
Valorant 21−24

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
Dota 2 14−16
Far Cry 5 3−4
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6

Closest competitors

Quadro M520's performance relative to its closest rivals among mobile workstation graphics cards.


Quadro 5000M 108.62
Quadro P520 108.39
Quadro M520 100
Quadro 5010M 89.04

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Quadro M520 is FirePro M5100, which is slower by 1% and lower by 3 positions in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Quadro M520:

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Similar GPUs

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