VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8 vs Quadro M520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking630not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency13.49no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)no data
GPU code nameGM108no data
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years ago)1 January 2001 (23 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed1041 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1019 MHz121 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)25 Wattno data
Texture fill rate16.66no data
Floating-point processing power0.7995 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs16no 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 sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR5no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1253 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth40 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+-
3D Stereo+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12no data
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 1 January 2001

Quadro M520 has an age advantage of 16 years.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M520 and VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M520 is a mobile workstation card while VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8 is a mobile workstation one.


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