NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
VS
NVIDIA Quadro M520
NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
VS
NVIDIA Quadro M520

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro M520. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
466
0.48
Value for money (0-100)
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Curie
Architecture
Maxwell
NV43 A2
Code name
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Workstation
Type
Mobile workstation
20 April 2006 (15 years ago)
Release date
13 January 2017 (4 years ago)
$189
Price now
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NV43 A2
GPU code name
GM108
Workstation
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro M520 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
384
360 MHz
Core clock speed
756 MHz
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Boost Clock
1019 MHz
146 million
Transistor count
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110 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
30 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
25 Watt
2.880
Texture fill rate
16.66
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
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Boost clock speed
1019 MHz
146 million
Number of transistors
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30 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
25 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro M520.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
198 mm
Length
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None
Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
medium sized

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 Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro M520 can be seen in this section.

GDDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
128 MB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
800 MHz
Memory clock speed
5012 MHz
12.8 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
40 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro M520, the size and number of monitors.

2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Display Connectors
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Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro M520 is the additional functionality.

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CUDA
5.0
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Optimus
+
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3D Vision Pro
+
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3D Stereo
+
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nView Display Management
+
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nView
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro M520. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

9.0c (9_3)
DirectX
12
2.1
OpenGL
4.5
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Vulkan
1.1.126
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Shader Model
5.0
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OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 and NVIDIA Quadro M520 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 Quadro FX 550 or NVIDIA Quadro M520 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro M520
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro M520
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro M520
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro M520
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
NVIDIA Quadro M520
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 Quadro FX 550

More maximum RAM amount (128 MB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA Quadro M520

7.27% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (28 nm vs 110 nm)

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 30 Watt)

More memory bandwidth (40 GB/s vs 12.8 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 or NVIDIA Quadro M520?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA Quadro M520 .

NVIDIA Quadro FX 550 versus NVIDIA Quadro M520 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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