GRID K520 vs Quadro FX 5800

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing GRID K520 and Quadro FX 5800. Here you can take a closer look at graphics cards specs, such as core clock speed, memory type and size, display connectors, etc. The price, overall benchmark and gaming performances are usually defining factors when it comes to choosing between GRID K520 and Quadro FX 5800. Make sure that the graphics card has compatible dimensions and will properly fit in your new or current computer case. Also these graphics cards may have different system power recommendations, so take that into consideration and upgrade your PSU if necessary.

Main Specs

  GRID K520 Quadro FX 5800
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 189 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video
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  • GRID K520 has 19% more power consumption, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • GRID K520 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Quadro FX 5800 uses PCIe 2.0 x16 interface.
  • GRID K520 and Quadro FX 5800 have maximum RAM of 4 GB.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • GRID K520 is build with Kepler architecture, and Quadro FX 5800 - with Tesla 2.0.
  • Core clock speed of GRID K520 is 135 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.
  • GRID K520 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro FX 5800 - by 55 nm process technology.
  • Both graphics cards are the same length of 267 mm.
  • Memory clock speed of GRID K520 is 3400 MHz higher, than Quadro FX 5800.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 16−18 3−4
ultra / 1080p 9−10 1−2
QHD / 1440p 4−5 0−1
4K / 2160p 4−5
low / 720p 30−35 14−16
medium / 1080p 20−22 5−6
The average gaming FPS of GRID K520 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 233% more, than Quadro FX 5800.

Full Specs

  GRID K520 Quadro FX 5800
Architecture Kepler Tesla 2.0
Code name GK104 GT200B
Type Workstation Workstation
Release date 23 July 2013 11 November 2008
Pipelines 1536 240
Core clock speed 745 MHz 610 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,400 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Texture fill rate 95.36 48.80
Floating-point performance 2x 2,448 gflops 622.1 gflops
Length 267 mm 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 512 Bit
Memory clock speed 5000 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth 160.0 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model 5.1 4.0
OpenGL 4.6 3.3
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
Vulkan 1.1.126 N/A
CUDA 3.0 1.3
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 76 Mh/s
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