Quadro FX 770M vs Radeon 520

Place in the ranking	882	1211
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.01
Power efficiency	2.80	1.12
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Banks	G96
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)	14 August 2008 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$527

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	320	32
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	314 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	20.60	8.000
Floating-point processing power	0.6592 TFLOPS	0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	8
TMUs	20	16

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	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-II
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1125 MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	36 GB/s	25.6 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.1	4.0
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

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.

Radeon 520 2.04
+258%

FX 770M 0.57

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.

Radeon 520 787
+258%

FX 770M 220

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 HD

14
+367%

3−4

−367%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

175.67

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Hitman 3	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +63.6%	10−12 −63.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +20%	30−33 −20%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Battlefield 5	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Hitman 3	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +63.6%	10−12 −63.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18 +80%	10−11 −80%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +20%	30−33 −20%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +75%	4−5 −75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Hitman 3	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 +63.6%	10−12 −63.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 −66.7%	10−11 +66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +20%	30−33 −20%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+300%

1−2

−300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	7−8 +16.7%	6−7 −16.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +1000%	1−2 −1000%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
+50%

2−3

−50%

This is how Radeon 520 and FX 770M compete in popular games:

Radeon 520 is 367% faster in 1080p

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 520 is 1000% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the FX 770M is 67% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Radeon 520 is ahead in 33 tests (94%)
FX 770M is ahead in 1 test (3%)
there's a draw in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.04	0.57
Recency	18 April 2017	14 August 2008
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Chip lithography	28 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	35 Watt

Radeon 520 has a 257.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

FX 770M, on the other hand, has 42.9% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 520 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro FX 770M in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon 520 is a notebook graphics card while Quadro FX 770M 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.