NVIDIA Quadro M520
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA Quadro M520
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA Quadro M520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

466
Place in performance rating
121
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Value for money (0-100)
43.49
Maxwell
Architecture
Pascal
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Code name
GP106
Mobile workstation
Type
Desktop
13 January 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
19 July 2016 (5 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$299
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Price now
$525 (1.8x MSRP)
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Value for money
28.31
GM108
GPU code name
GP106
Mobile workstation
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA Quadro M520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
1280
756 MHz
Core clock speed
1506 MHz
1019 MHz
Boost Clock
1709 MHz
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Transistor count
4,400 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
25 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
16.66
Texture fill rate
136.7
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Floating-point performance
4,375 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1280
1019 MHz
Boost clock speed
1708 MHz
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Number of transistors
4,400 million
25 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA Quadro M520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB.

MXM-A (3.0)
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
250 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin
medium sized
Laptop size
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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 M520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
1 GB
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
192 Bit
5012 MHz
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
40 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
192.2 GB/s
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Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA Quadro M520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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G-SYNC support
+
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HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA Quadro M520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB is the additional functionality.

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VR Ready
+
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Multi Monitor
+
5.0
CUDA
6.1
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Multi-Projection
+
+
Optimus
no data
+
3D Vision Pro
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+
3D Stereo
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+
nView Display Management
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nView
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G-SYNC
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA Quadro M520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2.131
5.0
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA Quadro M520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB 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 M520 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA Quadro M520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
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 M520

Less power consumption (25 Watt vs 120 Watt)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB

40.01% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (1280 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (6 GB vs 1 GB)

More memory bandwidth (192.2 GB/s vs 40 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

VR Ready

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA Quadro M520 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB .

NVIDIA Quadro M520 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

User rating

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