NVIDIA Quadro P520
VS
AMD FirePro W5170M
NVIDIA Quadro P520
VS
AMD FirePro W5170M

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA Quadro P520  vs  AMD FirePro W5170M.

454
Place in performance rating
450
1.66
Value for money (0-100)
no data
Pascal
Architecture
GCN
no data
Code name
Tropo
Mobile workstation
Type
Mobile workstation
27 May 2019 (2 years ago)
Release date
2 October 2015 (6 years ago)
$1670
Price now
$1530
1.94
Value for money
1.01
GP108
GPU code name
Tropo
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA Quadro P520  vs  AMD FirePro W5170M in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

384
Pipelines
640
1303 MHz
Core clock speed
no data
1493 MHz
Boost Clock
925 MHz
no data
Transistor count
1,500 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
35.83
Texture fill rate
37.00
no data
Floating-point performance
1,184 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
640
1493 MHz
Boost clock speed
925 MHz
1,800 million
Number of transistors
1,500 million
18 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA Quadro P520 and AMD FirePro W5170M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
large

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA Quadro P520 vs AMD FirePro W5170M.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
48.06 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA Quadro P520 vs AMD FirePro W5170M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
Eyefinity
+

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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Multi Monitor
no data
no data
AppAcceleration
+
no data
Enduro
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA Quadro P520 and AMD FirePro W5170M is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

DirectX 12_1
DirectX
12 (11_1)
no data
OpenGL
4.6
+
Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
5.1
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro P520 and AMD FirePro W5170M graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA Quadro P520 or AMD FirePro W5170M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro P520
AMD FirePro W5170M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro P520
AMD FirePro W5170M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro P520
AMD FirePro W5170M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro P520
AMD FirePro W5170M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro P520
AMD FirePro W5170M
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro P520

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Multi Monitor

Advantages of AMD FirePro W5170M

0.050000000000001% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($1530 vs $1670)

More pipelines (640 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (72 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro P520 or AMD FirePro W5170M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro W5170M .

NVIDIA Quadro P520 versus AMD FirePro W5170M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

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141330 (100 %)

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark 11 Performance GPU

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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SPECviewperf 12 - Medical

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SPECviewperf 12 - Maya

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SPECviewperf 12 - Energy

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SPECviewperf 12 - Creo

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SPECviewperf 12 - Catia

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SPECviewperf 12 - 3ds Max

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Passmark

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User rating

4.1 Out of 16 Hitesti Score
5.0 Out of 1 Hitesti Score