FirePro V7900 vs Quadro M520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V7900 and Quadro M520, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the FirePro V7900 stacks up against Quadro M520, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M520 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro M520 is only used in laptop graphics. It has lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with Quadro M520 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V7900 Quadro M520
Power consumption (TDP) 151 Watt 25 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort
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  • FirePro V7900 has 504% more power consumption, than Quadro M520.
  • FirePro V7900 and Quadro M520 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro V7900 is used in Desktops, and Quadro M520 - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro V7900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Quadro M520 - with Maxwell.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro M520 is 31 MHz higher, than FirePro V7900.
  • FirePro V7900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro M520 - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 10−12 9−10
ultra / 1080p 6−7 5−6
QHD / 1440p 1−2 0−1
low / 720p 24−27 21−24
medium / 1080p 14−16 12−14
The average gaming FPS of FirePro V7900 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 16% more, than Quadro M520.

Full Specs

  FirePro V7900 Quadro M520
Architecture TeraScale 3 Maxwell
Code name Cayman
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 24 May 2011 13 January 2017
Pipelines 1280 384
Core clock speed 725 MHz 756 MHz
Boost Clock 1019 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 58.00
Floating-point performance 1,856.0 gflops
Length 279 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160 GB/s 40 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) 12
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.4 4.5
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Bus support PCIe 2.1 x16
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 171 Mh/s
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
Form factor full height / full length
StereoOutput3D +
DisplayPort count 4
Dual-link DVI support +
nView Display Management +
3D Stereo +
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