Quadro P520 vs Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile and Quadro P520, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 5000 Mobile
2019
16 GB GDDR6, 110 Watt
35.72
+564%

RTX 5000 Mobile outperforms P520 by a whopping 564% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking135618
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency22.6420.84
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameTU104GP108
Market segmentMobile workstationMobile workstation
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)23 May 2019 (5 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 cores3072384
Core clock speed1035 MHz1303 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1493 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)110 Watt18 Watt
Texture fill rate296.635.83
Floating-point processing power9.492 TFLOPS1.147 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs19224
Tensor Cores384no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no data

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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount16 GB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s48.06 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 outputsNo outputs
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2.131
CUDA7.56.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 5000 Mobile 35.72
+564%
Quadro P520 5.38

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.

RTX 5000 Mobile 24620
+488%
Quadro P520 4186

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.

RTX 5000 Mobile 54153
+244%
Quadro P520 15720

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.

RTX 5000 Mobile 23035
+616%
Quadro P520 3218

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.

RTX 5000 Mobile 117274
+516%
Quadro P520 19041

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.

RTX 5000 Mobile 501167
+255%
Quadro P520 141330

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 5000 Mobile 9332
+824%
Quadro P520 1011

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 5000 Mobile 95
+353%
Quadro P520 21

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 5000 Mobile 120
+189%
Quadro P520 42

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 5000 Mobile 149
+539%
Quadro P520 23

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 5000 Mobile 132
+373%
Quadro P520 28

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 5000 Mobile 134
+334%
Quadro P520 31

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

RTX 5000 Mobile 109
+842%
Quadro P520 12

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 5000 Mobile 93
+608%
Quadro P520 13

SPECviewperf 12 - Showcase

RTX 5000 Mobile 93
+608%
Quadro P520 13

SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

This part of SPECviewperf 12 workstation benchmark uses Autodesk Maya 13 engine to render a superhero energy plant static scene consisting of more than 700 thousand polygons, in six different modes.

RTX 5000 Mobile 95
+353%
Quadro P520 21

SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

RTX 5000 Mobile 132
+373%
Quadro P520 28

SPECviewperf 12 - Solidworks

RTX 5000 Mobile 120
+189%
Quadro P520 42

SPECviewperf 12 - Siemens NX

RTX 5000 Mobile 149
+539%
Quadro P520 23

SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

RTX 5000 Mobile 134
+334%
Quadro P520 31

SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

RTX 5000 Mobile 109
+842%
Quadro P520 12

SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

RTX 5000 Mobile 26
+3614%
Quadro P520 0.7

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 5000 Mobile 174
+602%
Quadro P520 25

SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max

This part of SPECviewperf 12 benchmark emulates work with 3DS Max, executing eleven tests in various use scenarios, including architectural modeling and animation for computer games.

RTX 5000 Mobile 174
+602%
Quadro P520 25

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD131
+555%
20
−555%
1440p83
+592%
12−14
−592%
4K52
+126%
23
−126%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+573%
10−12
−573%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+600%
10−12
−600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 100−105
+488%
16−18
−488%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+573%
10−12
−573%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+600%
10−12
−600%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+648%
21−24
−648%
Forza Horizon 5 90−95
+745%
10−12
−745%
Metro Exodus 85−90
+577%
12−14
−577%
Red Dead Redemption 2 113
+606%
16−18
−606%
Valorant 200
+1150%
16−18
−1150%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 100−105
+488%
16−18
−488%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+573%
10−12
−573%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+600%
10−12
−600%
Dota 2 33
+65%
20
−65%
Far Cry 5 77
+114%
36
−114%
Fortnite 160−170
+406%
30−35
−406%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+648%
21−24
−648%
Forza Horizon 5 90−95
+745%
10−12
−745%
Grand Theft Auto V 110−120
+539%
18−20
−539%
Metro Exodus 39
+1200%
3
−1200%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 190−200
+322%
45−50
−322%
Red Dead Redemption 2 71
+344%
16−18
−344%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120−130
+641%
16−18
−641%
Valorant 130
+713%
16−18
−713%
World of Tanks 270−280
+217%
85−90
−217%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 100−105
+488%
16−18
−488%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+573%
10−12
−573%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+600%
10−12
−600%
Dota 2 92
+70.4%
54
−70.4%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+262%
24−27
−262%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+648%
21−24
−648%
Forza Horizon 5 90−95
+745%
10−12
−745%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 190−200
+322%
45−50
−322%
Valorant 181
+1031%
16−18
−1031%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 65−70
+1220%
5−6
−1220%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+1000%
6−7
−1000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+415%
30−35
−415%
Red Dead Redemption 2 44
+1000%
4−5
−1000%
World of Tanks 230−240
+492%
35−40
−492%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
+656%
9−10
−656%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40
+600%
5−6
−600%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+955%
10−12
−955%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+1044%
9−10
−1044%
Forza Horizon 5 60−65
+757%
7−8
−757%
Metro Exodus 75−80
+1480%
5−6
−1480%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+663%
8−9
−663%
Valorant 129
+760%
14−16
−760%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Dota 2 65−70
+306%
16−18
−306%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+306%
16−18
−306%
Metro Exodus 37
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 110−120
+625%
16−18
−625%
Red Dead Redemption 2 28
+833%
3−4
−833%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+306%
16−18
−306%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+925%
4−5
−925%
Counter-Strike 2 16−18
+167%
6−7
−167%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
+650%
2−3
−650%
Dota 2 65−70
+200%
23
−200%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+767%
6−7
−767%
Fortnite 50−55
+900%
5−6
−900%
Forza Horizon 4 55−60
+1080%
5−6
−1080%
Forza Horizon 5 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Valorant 69
+1280%
5−6
−1280%

This is how RTX 5000 Mobile and Quadro P520 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5000 Mobile is 555% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5000 Mobile is 592% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5000 Mobile is 126% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5000 Mobile is 3600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 5000 Mobile surpassed Quadro P520 in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.72 5.38
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 110 Watt 18 Watt

RTX 5000 Mobile has a 563.9% higher aggregate performance score, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

Quadro P520, on the other hand, has 511.1% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 5000 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro P520 in performance tests.


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