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    Quadro P520 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

    If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P520 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, 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 Quadro P520 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.
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    Quadro P520 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

    Note: Quadro P520 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are only used in laptop graphics. They have 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 or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

    Quadro P520 Laptops
    Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire Laptops

    Main Specs

      Quadro P520 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt
    Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
    Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
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    • Quadro P520 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - in Laptops.
    • Quadro P520 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
    • Core clock speed of Quadro P520 is 453 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
    • Quadro P520 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
    • Memory clock speed of Quadro P520 is 1200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

    Game benchmarks

    high / 1080p 10−12 35−40
    ultra / 1080p 6−7 21−24
    QHD / 1440p 1−2 16−18
    4K / 2160p − 10−11
    low / 720p 24−27 60−65
    medium / 1080p 12−14 40−45
    The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Quadro P520.

    Full Specs

      Quadro P520 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
    Architecture Pascal GCN
    Code name Wimbledon XT
    Type Mobile workstation Laptop
    Release date 27 May 2019 1 May 2012
    Pipelines 384 2560
    Core clock speed 1303 MHz 850 MHz
    Boost Clock 1493 MHz
    Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
    Memory bus width 64 Bit 2x 256 Bit
    Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 4800 MHz
    Shared memory - -
    DirectX DirectX 12_1 DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
    Vulkan +
    Laptop size large large
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