Quadro M500M vs Radeon 520

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M500M and Radeon 520. 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 Quadro M500M and Radeon 520. 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.

Quadro M500M and Radeon 520 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro M500M and Radeon 520 are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 M500M or Radeon 520 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon 520
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 50 Watt
Interface MXM-A (3.0) PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR3 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Radeon 520 has 66% more power consumption, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M is connected by MXM-A (3.0), and Radeon 520 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro M500M and Radeon 520 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • Quadro M500M is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon 520 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro M500M is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon 520 is 1 MHz higher, than Quadro M500M.
  • Quadro M500M and Radeon 520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro M500M is 1754 MHz higher, than Radeon 520.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 12−14 1−2
medium / 1080p 3−4 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M500M in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 1200% more, than Radeon 520.

Full Specs

  Quadro M500M Radeon 520
Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Oland
Type Mobile workstation Laptop
Release date 15 December 2015 21 March 2017
Pipelines 384 320
Core clock speed 1029 MHz 1030 MHz
Boost Clock 1124 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 17.98 20.60
Floating-point performance 863.2 gflops 659.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 4004 MHz 2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB/s 16 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 12.0
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 5.0
Laptop size large
Optimus +
nView Display Management +
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