NVS 510 vs Quadro P520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between NVS 510 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 NVS 510 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

  NVS 510 Quadro P520
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 4x mini-DisplayPort
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  • NVS 510 and Quadro P520 have maximum RAM of 2 GB.
  • NVS 510 is used in Desktops, and Quadro P520 - in Mobile workstations.
  • NVS 510 is build with Kepler architecture, and Quadro P520 - with Pascal.
  • Core clock speed of Quadro P520 is 506 MHz higher, than NVS 510.
  • NVS 510 is manufactured by 28 nm process technology, and Quadro P520 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P520 is 4218 MHz higher, than NVS 510.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 10−12
ultra / 1080p 6−7
QHD / 1440p 0−1 1−2
low / 720p 1−2 24−27
medium / 1080p 0−1 12−14
The average gaming FPS of Quadro P520 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 2400% more, than NVS 510.

Full Specs

  NVS 510 Quadro P520
Architecture Kepler Pascal
Code name GK107
Type Workstation Mobile workstation
Release date 23 October 2012 27 May 2019
Pipelines 192 384
Core clock speed 797 MHz 1303 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz
Transistor count 1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 12.75
Floating-point performance 306.0 gflops
Length 160 mm
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1782 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 28.51 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) DirectX 12_1
Shader Model 5.1
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 17 Mh/s
Laptop size large
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