FirePro V5900 vs Quadro P520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between FirePro V5900 and Quadro P520, 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 FirePro V5900 stacks up against Quadro P520, check out specs charts below.

Quadro P520 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Quadro P520 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 P520 here:

Main Specs

  FirePro V5900 Quadro P520
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI
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  • FirePro V5900 and Quadro P520 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • FirePro V5900 is used in Desktops, and Quadro P520 - in Mobile workstations.
  • FirePro V5900 is build with TeraScale 3 architecture, and Quadro P520 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P520 is 703 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.
  • FirePro V5900 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro P520 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P520 is 4000 MHz higher, than FirePro V5900.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 4−5 10−12
ultra / 1080p 2−3 6−7
QHD / 1440p 1−2 1−2
low / 720p 14−16 24−27
medium / 1080p 7−8 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 83% more, than FirePro V5900.

Full Specs

  FirePro V5900 Quadro P520
Architecture TeraScale 3 Pascal
Code name Cayman
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 24 May 2011 27 May 2019
Pipelines 512 384
Core clock speed 600 MHz 1303 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz
Transistor count 2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 19.20
Floating-point performance 614.4 gflops
Length 230 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 64 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 11.2 (11_0) DirectX 12_1
Shader Model 5.0
OpenGL 4.4
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan N/A +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 66 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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