Quadro P520 vs Radeon 550

Place in performance ranking	594	577
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.37	1.09
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Lexa	GP108
Market segment	Desktop	Mobile workstation
Release date	20 April 2017 (7 years ago)	27 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data
Current price	$94 (1.2x MSRP)	$1670

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Radeon 550 has 301% better value for money than Quadro P520.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	384
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1303 MHz
Boost clock speed	1183 MHz	1493 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.86	35.83

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon 550 and Quadro P520 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

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	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	7 GB/s	6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	56 GB/s	48.06 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0b, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	1.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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 550 5.07

Quadro P520 5.42
+6.9%

Quadro P520 outperforms Radeon 550 by 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

Radeon 550 1959

Quadro P520 2095
+6.9%

Quadro P520 outperforms Radeon 550 by 7% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

Radeon 550 10388
+38.8%

Quadro P520 7482

Radeon 550 outperforms Quadro P520 by 39% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

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	21−24 −9.5%	23 +9.5%
4K	21−24 −9.5%	23 +9.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9

−12.5%

9−10
+12.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −7.1%	14−16 +7.1%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −8.3%	24−27 +8.3%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −12.5%	27−30 +12.5%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −7.1%	14−16 +7.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −9.5%	21−24 +9.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −16.7%	14−16 +16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −7.1%	14−16 +7.1%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −8.3%	24−27 +8.3%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −12.5%	27−30 +12.5%
Metro Exodus	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −7.1%	14−16 +7.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −18.8%	19 +18.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −9.5%	21−24 +9.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 −10%	10−12 +10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −8.3%	24−27 +8.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 −12.5%	27−30 +12.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −12.5%	18−20 +12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −10%	11 +10%
Watch Dogs: Legion	21−24 −9.5%	21−24 +9.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16

−7.1%

14−16
+7.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −14.3%	8−9 +14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Hitman 3	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −20%	12−14 +20%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10
−11.1%

10−11

+11.1%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Hitman 3	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	1−2