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    GeForce GTX 590 vs Quadro P520

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce GTX 590 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 GeForce GTX 590 stacks up against Quadro P520, check out specs charts below.
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    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:

    Quadro P520 Laptops

    Main Specs

      GeForce GTX 590 Quadro P520
    Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt
    Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
    Supplementary power connectors Two 8-pin
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 3072 MB (1536 MB per GPU) 2 GB
    Display Connectors 3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPort
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    • GeForce GTX 590 has 3070 GB more memory, than Quadro P520.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is used in Desktops, and Quadro P520 - in Mobile workstations.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is build with Fermi architecture, and Quadro P520 - with Pascal.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro P520 is 88 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 590.
    • GeForce GTX 590 is manufactured by 40 nm process technology, and Quadro P520 - by 14 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro P520 is 4293 MHz higher, than GeForce GTX 590.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 16−18 10−12
    ultra / 1080p 10−11 6−7
    QHD / 1440p 4−5 1−2
    low / 720p 35−40 24−27
    medium / 1080p 21−24 12−14
    The average gaming FPS of GeForce GTX 590 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 63% more, than Quadro P520.

    Full Specs

      GeForce GTX 590 Quadro P520
    Architecture Fermi Pascal
    Code name GF110
    Type Desktop Mobile workstation
    Release date 24 March 2011 27 May 2019
    Pipelines 1024 384
    Core clock speed 1215 MHz 1303 MHz
    Boost Clock 1493 MHz
    Transistor count 3,000 million
    Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 14 nm
    Texture fill rate 77.7 billion/sec
    Floating-point performance 2x 1,244.2 gflops
    Length 11" (280 mm) (27.9 cm)
    Memory bus width 768-bit (384-bit per GPU) 64 Bit
    Memory clock speed 1707 MHz 6000 MHz
    Memory bandwidth 327.7 GB/s
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12_1
    Shader Model 5.1
    OpenGL 4.2
    OpenCL 1.1
    Vulkan N/A +
    CUDA +
    CUDA cores 1024
    Bus support 16x PCI-E 2.0
    Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
    SLI options +
    Multi monitor support +
    HDMI +
    Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
    Audio input for HDMI Internal
    Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 107 Mh/s
    Laptop size large
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