RTX 2000 Mobile Ada Generation vs Quadro P520

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking606not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP108AD107
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date27 May 2019 (5 years ago)21 March 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3843072
Core clock speed1303 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1493 MHz2115 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate35.83203.0
Floating-point performance1.147 gflopsno 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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed6000 MHz16 GB/s
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s256.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2019 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 50 Watt

Quadro P520 has 177.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 2000 Mobile Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P520 and RTX 2000 Mobile Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P520 is a mobile workstation card while RTX 2000 Mobile Ada Generation is a mobile workstation one.


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NVIDIA Quadro P520
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