Quadro K4200 vs Radeon 520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro K4200 and Radeon 520, 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 K4200 stacks up against Radeon 520, check out specs charts below.

Radeon 520 is a Laptop Graphics Card

Note: Radeon 520 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 Radeon 520 here:

Main Specs

  Quadro K4200 Radeon 520
Power consumption (TDP) 108 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Quadro K4200 has 116% more power consumption, than Radeon 520.
  • Quadro K4200 is connected by PCIe 2.0 x16, and Radeon 520 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Quadro K4200 has 2 GB more memory, than Radeon 520.
  • Quadro K4200 is used in Desktops, and Radeon 520 - in Laptops.
  • Quadro K4200 is build with Kepler architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon 520 is 259 MHz higher, than Quadro K4200.
  • Quadro K4200 and Radeon 520 are manufactured by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Quadro K4200 is 3150 MHz higher, than Radeon 520.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 21−24 0−1
ultra / 1080p 12−14
QHD / 1440p 7−8 0−1
4K / 2160p 5−6
low / 720p 40−45 1−2
medium / 1080p 27−30 0−1
The average gaming FPS of Quadro K4200 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 4100% more, than Radeon 520.

Full Specs

  Quadro K4200 Radeon 520
Architecture Kepler GCN 1.0
Code name GK104 Oland
Type Workstation Laptop
Release date 22 July 2014 21 March 2017
Pipelines 1344 320
Core clock speed 771 MHz 1030 MHz
Boost Clock 784 MHz
Transistor count 3,540 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 87.81 20.60
Floating-point performance 2,107 gflops 659.2 gflops
Length 241 mm
Memory bus width 256 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 5400 MHz 2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 172.8 GB/s 16 GB/s
Shared memory -
DirectX 12 (11_0) 12.0
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.126 +
CUDA 3.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 119 Mh/s
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