Quadro P2000 vs Radeon 520

Find out if it is worth upgrading your current GPU setup by comparing Quadro P2000 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 P2000 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.

Radeon 520 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon 520 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 Radeon 520 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro P2000 Radeon 520
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 5 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Quadro P2000 has 50% more power consumption, than Radeon 520.
  • Quadro P2000 is connected by PCIe 3.0 x16, and Radeon 520 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro P2000 has 3 GB more memory, than Radeon 520.
  • Quadro P2000 is used in Desktops, and Radeon 520 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro P2000 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P2000 is 46 MHz higher, than Radeon 520.
  • Quadro P2000 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon 520 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P2000 is 4758 MHz higher, than Radeon 520.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 0−1
ultra / 1080p 24−27
QHD / 1440p 18−20 0−1
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 1−2
medium / 1080p 45−50 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P2000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 6100% more, than Radeon 520.

Full Specs

  Quadro P2000 Radeon 520
Architecture Pascal GCN 1.0
Code name GP106 Oland
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 6 February 2017 21 March 2017
Pipelines 1024 320
Core clock speed 1076 MHz 1030 MHz
Boost Clock 1480 MHz
Transistor count 4,400 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 94.72 20.60
Floating-point performance 3,031 gflops 659.2 gflops
Length 201 mm
Memory bus width 160 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 7008 MHz 2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 140.2 GB/s 16 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) 12.0
Shader Model 6.4 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
CUDA 6.1
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.19 kh/s
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