Jetson Nano vs Quadro P520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking607not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.07no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameGP108GM20B
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date23 May 2019 (5 years ago)March 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$99

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 cores384128
Core clock speed1303 MHz640 MHz
Boost clock speed1493 MHz921 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate35.8314.74
Floating-point processing power1.147 TFLOPS0.2358 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs2416

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 2.0 x4
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeGDDR5LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s25.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.0
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.1
CUDA6.15.3

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 10 Watt

Quadro P520 has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Jetson Nano, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 80% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P520 and Jetson Nano. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P520 is a mobile workstation card while Jetson Nano is a mobile workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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