Quadro P520 vs Radeon R9 380

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro P520 and Radeon R9 380, 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 R9 380, 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

  Quadro P520 Radeon R9 380
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 2 x 6-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon R9 380 has 2 GB more memory, than Quadro P520.
  • Quadro P520 is used in Mobile workstations, and Radeon R9 380 - in Desktops.
  • Quadro P520 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon R9 380 - with GCN.
  • Quadro P520 is manufactured by 14 nm process technology, and Radeon R9 380 - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro P520 is 5030 MHz higher, than Radeon R9 380.

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 R9 380 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 227% more, than Quadro P520.

Full Specs

  Quadro P520 Radeon R9 380
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name Tonga Pro
Type Mobile workstation Desktop
Release date 27 May 2019 26 June 2015
Pipelines 384 1792
Core clock speed 1303 MHz
Boost Clock 1493 MHz 970 MHz
Transistor count 5,000 million
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 108.6
Floating-point performance 3,476 gflops
Length 221 mm
Memory bus width 64 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 970 MHz
Memory bandwidth 182.4 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX DirectX 12_1
Shader Model 6.3
OpenGL 4.5
OpenCL 2.0
Vulkan + +
Monero / XMR (CryptoNight) 0.48 kh/s
FreeSync +
Bus support PCIe 3.0
HDMI +
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 404 Mh/s
Laptop size large
Eyefinity +
HD3D +
PowerTune +
TrueAudio +
ZeroCore +
Mantle +
Design reference
Bridgeless CrossFire +
Number of Eyefinity displays 6
DisplayPort support +
CrossFire +
VCE +
DDMA audio +
Decred / DCR (Decred) 0.66 Gh/s
Ethereum / ETH (DaggerHashimoto) 18 Mh/s
Zcash / ZEC (Equihash) 168.45 Sol/s
Compute units 28
Form factor full height / full length / dual slot
High bandwidth memory (HBM) -
LiquidVR +
FRTC +
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