Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile 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 efficiency21.01no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGP108GP104
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date23 May 2019 (5 years ago)11 January 2017 (7 years ago)

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 cores3842048
Core clock speed1303 MHz1164 MHz
Boost clock speed1493 MHz1506 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt200 Watt
Texture fill rate35.83192.8
Floating-point processing power1.147 TFLOPS6.169 TFLOPS
ROPs1664
TMUs24128

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 x16MXM-B (3.0)
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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 May 2019 11 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 200 Watt

Quadro P520 has an age advantage of 2 years, a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 1011.1% lower power consumption.

P5000 X2 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P520 and Quadro P5000 X2 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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