Quadro P520 vs Quadro K500M

Place in the ranking	1037	608
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.47	21.07
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GK107	GP108
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 June 2012 (12 years ago)	23 May 2019 (5 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 cores	192	384
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1303 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1493 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	18 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.60	35.83
Floating-point processing power	0.3264 TFLOPS	1.147 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	16
TMUs	16	24

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 size	medium sized	large
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s	48.06 GB/s
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 Connectors

No outputs

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.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	+	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Quadro K500M 1.24

Quadro P520 5.44
+339%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Quadro K500M 480

Quadro P520 2100
+338%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	4−5 −375%	19 +375%
4K	4−5 −400%	20 +400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−200%

9−10
+200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Hitman 3	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −143%	30−35 +143%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −45.5%	45−50 +45.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Hitman 3	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −143%	30−35 +143%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −63.6%	18−20 +63.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −45.5%	45−50 +45.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 −133%	14−16 +133%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −200%	9−10 +200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1650%	35−40 +1650%
Hitman 3	6−7 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −143%	30−35 +143%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −138%	18−20 +138%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 +0%	11 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −45.5%	45−50 +45.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−650%

14−16
+650%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −300%	8−9 +300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Hitman 3	7−8 −28.6%	9−10 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −200%	12−14 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	4−5
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −467%	30−35 +467%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−150%

10−11
+150%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4−5

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −100%	2−3 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	2−3
Far Cry 5	0−1	3−4

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−100%

6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

6−7

+0%

6−7

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how Quadro K500M and Quadro P520 compete in popular games:

Quadro P520 is 375% faster in 1080p
Quadro P520 is 400% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Quadro P520 is 1650% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Quadro P520 is ahead in 46 tests (73%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (27%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.24	5.44
Recency	1 June 2012	23 May 2019
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	18 Watt

Quadro P520 has a 338.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 94.4% lower power consumption.

The Quadro P520 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro K500M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.