Radeon Pro V520 vs Quadro RTX 4000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Quadro RTX 4000 and Radeon Pro V520, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 4000
2018
8 GB GDDR6, 160 Watt
39.71
+24.8%

RTX 4000 outperforms Pro V520 by a significant 25% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking109174
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.25no data
Power efficiency17.019.69
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)
GPU code nameTU104Navi 12
Market segmentWorkstationWorkstation
Release date13 November 2018 (6 years ago)1 December 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$899 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores23042304
Core clock speed1005 MHz1000 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)160 Watt225 Watt
Texture fill rate222.5230.4
Floating-point processing power7.119 TFLOPS7.373 TFLOPS
ROPs6464
TMUs144144
Tensor Cores288no data
Ray Tracing Cores36no 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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length241 mm267 mm
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR6HBM2
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed1625 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth416.0 GB/s512.0 GB/s

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 Connectors3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.2
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.5-

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.

RTX 4000 39.71
+24.8%
Pro V520 31.81

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.

RTX 4000 15300
+24.8%
Pro V520 12257

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 39.71 31.81
Recency 13 November 2018 1 December 2020
Chip lithography 12 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 160 Watt 225 Watt

RTX 4000 has a 24.8% higher aggregate performance score, and 40.6% lower power consumption.

Pro V520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and a 71.4% more advanced lithography process.

The Quadro RTX 4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro V520 in performance tests.


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