Quadro M520 vs Radeon Pro WX 4130

Place in the ranking	600	635
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	7.84	13.53
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code name	Baffin	GM108
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 March 2017 (7 years ago)	11 January 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 cores	640	384
Core clock speed	1002 MHz	1041 MHz
Boost clock speed	1053 MHz	1019 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	42.12	16.66
Floating-point processing power	1.348 TFLOPS	0.7995 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	8
TMUs	40	16

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	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1253 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	40 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.

FreeSync	+	-
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.

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	2.0	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.126
CUDA	-	5.0

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.

Pro WX 4130 5.62
+15.9%

Quadro M520 4.85

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.

Pro WX 4130 2168
+15.8%

Quadro M520 1872

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	21−24 +10.5%	19 −10.5%
4K	16−18 +14.3%	14 −14.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9−10
+12.5%

8−9

−12.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +7.7%	12−14 −7.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +6.5%	30−35 −6.5%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +3.1%	30−35 −3.1%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +7.7%	12−14 −7.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +2.2%	45−50 −2.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +7.7%	12−14 −7.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +6.5%	30−35 −6.5%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +3.1%	30−35 −3.1%
Metro Exodus	12−14 +18.2%	10−12 −18.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +7.7%	12−14 −7.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −128%	41 +128%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +2.2%	45−50 −2.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +7.7%	12−14 −7.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Far Cry 5	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +6.5%	30−35 −6.5%
Hitman 3	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 +3.1%	30−35 −3.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +5.6%	18−20 −5.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +2.2%	45−50 −2.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

14−16
+7.7%

12−14

−7.7%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	10−11 +11.1%	9−10 −11.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 +30%	10−11 −30%
Hitman 3	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 +9.1%	10−12 −9.1%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +6.5%	30−35 −6.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

+0%

9−10

+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +50%	2−3 −50%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

6−7
+20%

5−6

−20%

This is how Pro WX 4130 and Quadro M520 compete in popular games:

Pro WX 4130 is 11% faster in 1080p
Pro WX 4130 is 14% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Pro WX 4130 is 100% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the Quadro M520 is 128% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Pro WX 4130 is ahead in 48 tests (71%)
Quadro M520 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
there's a draw in 19 tests (28%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	5.62	4.85
Recency	1 March 2017	11 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	25 Watt

Pro WX 4130 has a 15.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 month, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

Quadro M520, on the other hand, has 100% lower power consumption.

The Radeon Pro WX 4130 is our recommended choice as it beats the Quadro M520 in performance tests.

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