P104 100 vs Quadro P520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between P104 100 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 P104 100 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

  P104 100 Quadro P520
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5X GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • P104 100 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro P520.
  • P104 100 is used in Desktops, and Quadro P520 - in Mobile workstations.
  • P104 100 and Quadro P520 are build with Pascal architecture.
  • Core clock speed of P104 100 is 304 MHz higher, than Quadro P520.
  • P104 100 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Quadro P520 - by 14 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of P104 100 is 4008 MHz higher, than Quadro P520.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 35−40 10−12
ultra / 1080p 21−24 6−7
QHD / 1440p 16−18 1−2
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 60−65 24−27
medium / 1080p 40−45 12−14
The average gaming FPS of P104 100 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Quadro P520.

Full Specs

  P104 100 Quadro P520
Architecture Pascal Pascal
Code name GP104
Type Desktop Mobile workstation
Release date 12 December 2017 27 May 2019
Pipelines 1920 384
Core clock speed 1607 MHz 1303 MHz
Boost Clock 1733 MHz 1493 MHz
Transistor count 7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 14 nm
Texture fill rate 208.0
Floating-point performance 8,873 gflops
Length 267 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 10008 MHz 6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth 320.3 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 12_1
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131 +
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
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