NVIDIA Quadro M520 vs AMD Radeon PRO WX 2100

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Games supported 63%

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Games supported 63%

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking	563	553
Value for money	2.01	no data
Architecture	Polaris (2016−2019)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	Polaris 12	GM108
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	21 March 2018 (5 years old)	13 January 2017 (6 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data
Current price	$343 (2.3x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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	no data	756 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	1019 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	39.01	16.66
Floating-point performance	1,248 gflops	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon PRO WX 2100 and Quadro M520 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	large	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz	5012 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	40 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

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 DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort

No outputs

Technologies

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

FreeSync	+	no data
Optimus	no data	+
3D Stereo	no data	+
nView Display Management	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12
Shader Model	6.4	5.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.126
CUDA	no data	5.0

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.

PRO WX 2100 4.55

Quadro M520 4.72
+3.7%

Quadro M520 outperforms Radeon PRO WX 2100 by 4% in our combined benchmark results.

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%

PRO WX 2100 1795

Quadro M520 1861
+3.7%

Quadro M520 outperforms Radeon PRO WX 2100 by 4% in Passmark.

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	no data	21
4K	no data	12

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−25%

5−6
+25%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −7.1%	14−16 +7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −7.1%	14−16 +7.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
Hitman 3	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 −7.1%	14−16 +7.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 −6.7%	16−18 +6.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −11.1%	10−11 +11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Hitman 3	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Metro Exodus	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Battlefield 5	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Quadro M520 is 100% faster than the PRO WX 2100.

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance rating	4.55	4.72
Recency	21 March 2018	13 January 2017
Memory bus width	128	64
Pipelines / CUDA cores	512	384
Memory bandwidth	48	40
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt