Quadro M520 vs Radeon PRO WX 3100

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro M520 and Radeon PRO WX 3100, 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 Quadro M520 stacks up against Radeon PRO WX 3100, check out specs charts below.

Quadro M520 and Radeon PRO WX 3100 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: Quadro M520 and Radeon PRO WX 3100 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 M520 or Radeon PRO WX 3100 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro M520 Radeon PRO WX 3100
Power consumption (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort
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  • Radeon PRO WX 3100 has 160% more power consumption, than Quadro M520.
  • Radeon PRO WX 3100 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro M520.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • Quadro M520 is build with Maxwell architecture, and Radeon PRO WX 3100 - with Polaris.
  • Quadro M520 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Radeon PRO WX 3100 - by 14 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 9−10 14−16
ultra / 1080p 5−6 8−9
QHD / 1440p 0−1 3−4
low / 720p 21−24 27−30
medium / 1080p 12−14 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Radeon PRO WX 3100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 41% more, than Quadro M520.

Full Specs

  Quadro M520 Radeon PRO WX 3100
Architecture Maxwell Polaris
Code name Polaris 12
Type Mobile workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 13 January 2017 21 March 2017
Pipelines 384 512
Core clock speed 756 MHz
Boost Clock 1019 MHz 1219 MHz
Transistor count 2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 39.01
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 40 GB/s 96 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 12 (12_0)
Shader Model 5.0 6.4
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan 1.2.131
Laptop size medium sized large
Optimus +
nView Display Management +
3D Stereo +
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