Quadro P520 vs Radeon R5 M420

Place in the ranking	1033	607
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	20.89
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	Jet	GP108
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	15 May 2016 (8 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 cores	320	384
Core clock speed	780 MHz	1303 MHz
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	1493 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	35.83
Floating-point processing power	0.544 TFLOPS	1.147 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	20	24

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	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	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	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	48.06 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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	-	6.1

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.

R5 M420 1.26

Quadro P520 5.44
+332%

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.

R5 M420 486

Quadro P520 2097
+331%

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	4−5 −375%	19 +375%
4K	4−5 −400%	20 +400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−200%

9−10
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Hitman 3	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −143%	30−35 +143%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −45.5%	45−50 +45.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Hitman 3	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −143%	30−35 +143%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −45.5%	45−50 +45.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Hitman 3	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −143%	30−35 +143%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +0%	11 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −45.5%	45−50 +45.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−650%

14−16
+650%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −467%	30−35 +467%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−150%

10−11
+150%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4−5

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	2−3
Far Cry 5	0−1	3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−100%

6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

6−7

+0%

6−7

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how R5 M420 and Quadro P520 compete in popular games:

Quadro P520 is 375% faster in 1080p
Quadro P520 is 400% faster in 4K

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

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro P520 is 1650% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro P520 is ahead in 46 tests (73%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.26	5.44
Recency	15 May 2016	23 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm

R5 M420 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

Quadro P520, on the other hand, has a 331.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro P520 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M420 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 M420 is a notebook graphics card while Quadro P520 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.