Radeon AI PRO R9700 vs Quadro P520
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 659 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 20.74 | no data |
| Architecture | Pascal (2016−2021) | RDNA 4.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GP108 | Navi 48 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Workstation |
| Release date | 23 May 2019 (6 years ago) | 23 July 2025 (recently) |
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 | 384 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 1303 MHz | 1660 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1493 MHz | 2920 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,800 million | 53,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 300 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 35.83 | 747.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.147 TFLOPS | 47.84 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 16 | 128 |
| TMUs | 24 | 256 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 128 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 64 |
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 size | large | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 267 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 1x 16-pin |
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 | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1502 MHz | 2518 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 48.06 GB/s | 644.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 | No outputs | 4x DisplayPort 2.1a |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 2.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 6.1 | - |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 23 May 2019 | 23 July 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 32 GB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | 300 Watt |
Quadro P520 has 1566.7% lower power consumption.
AI PRO R9700, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Quadro P520 and Radeon AI PRO R9700. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Quadro P520 is a mobile workstation graphics card while Radeon AI PRO R9700 is a workstation one.
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