NVIDIA GRID K520
VS
AMD FirePro W5100
NVIDIA GRID K520
VS
AMD FirePro W5100

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GRID K520 and AMD FirePro W5100. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

358
Place in performance rating
374
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Value for money (0-100)
20.28
Kepler
Architecture
GCN 2.0
GK104
Code name
Bonaire
Workstation
Type
Workstation
23 July 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
31 March 2014 (7 years ago)
$3,599
Launch price (MSRP)
no data
$750 (0.2x MSRP)
Price now
$299
1.54
Value for money
4.26
GK104
GPU code name
Bonaire
Workstation
Market segment
Workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GRID K520 and AMD FirePro W5100 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1536
Pipelines
768
745 MHz
Core clock speed
930 MHz
3,540 million
Transistor count
2,080 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
225 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
50 Watt
95.36
Texture fill rate
44.64
2x 2,448 gflops
Floating-point performance
1,428 gflops
1536
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
3,540 million
Number of transistors
2,080 million
225 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
400 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GRID K520 and AMD FirePro W5100.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
267 mm
Length
171 mm
1x 8-pin
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Bus support
PCIe 3.0
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Form factor
full height / half length

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GRID K520 and AMD FirePro W5100 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
5000 MHz
Memory clock speed
6000 MHz
160.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
96 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GRID K520 and AMD FirePro W5100, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
4x DisplayPort
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StereoOutput3D
1
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Dual-link DVI support
1
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HD сomponent video output
1
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DisplayPort count
4

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GRID K520 and AMD FirePro W5100. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GRID K520 and AMD FirePro W5100 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GRID K520 or AMD FirePro W5100 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GRID K520
AMD FirePro W5100
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GRID K520
AMD FirePro W5100
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GRID K520
AMD FirePro W5100
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GRID K520
AMD FirePro W5100
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GRID K520
AMD FirePro W5100
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GRID K520

0.75% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1536 vs 768)

More memory bandwidth (160.0 GB/s vs 96 GB/s)

Advantages of AMD FirePro W5100

Cheaper ($299 vs $750 (0.2x MSRP))

Less power consumption (50 Watt vs 225 Watt)

So, NVIDIA GRID K520 or AMD FirePro W5100?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GRID K520 .

NVIDIA GRID K520 versus AMD FirePro W5100 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GRID K520
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD FirePro W5100