Quadro M520 vs Radeon HD 5770

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro M520 and Radeon HD 5770. 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 M520 and Radeon HD 5770. 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 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

  Quadro M520 Radeon HD 5770
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 108 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 5770 has 332% more power consumption, than Quadro M520.
  • Quadro M520 has 1 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 5770.
  • Quadro M520 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 5770 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro M520 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon HD 5770 - with Terascale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 5770 is 94 MHz higher, than Quadro M520.
  • Quadro M520 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 5770 - by 40 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 8−9
ultra / 1080p 5−6 5−6
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 21−24 18−20
medium / 1080p 12−14 10−11
The average gaming FPS of Quadro M520 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 20% more, than Radeon HD 5770.

Full Specs

  Quadro M520 Radeon HD 5770
Architecture Maxwell Terascale 2
Code name Juniper
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 13 January 2017 13 October 2009
Pipelines 384 800
Core clock speed 756 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1019 MHz
Transistor count 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 34.00
Floating-point performance 1,360.0 gflops
Length 208 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.0 5.0
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A
Laptop size medium sized
Optimus +
nView Display Management +
3D Stereo +
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