Quadro P3000 Max-Q vs GeForce GT 520MX

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1157not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.52no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGF119N17E-Q1 Max-Q
Market segmentLaptopMobile workstation
Release date30 May 2011 (13 years ago)1 September 2017 (7 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores481280
Core clock speed900 MHz1075 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1240 MHz
Number of transistors292 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt60 Watt
Texture fill rate7.200no data
Floating-point processing power0.1728 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz7008 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/sno data
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus++

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12_1
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/A-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 30 May 2011 1 September 2017
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 60 Watt

GT 520MX has 200% lower power consumption.

P3000 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520MX and Quadro P3000 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 520MX is a notebook graphics card while Quadro P3000 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
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