Quadro M520 and A100 SXM4 - video card comparison

Quadro M520

A100 SXM4

Architecture

Maxwell (2014−2018)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

GM108

GA100

Market segment

Mobile workstation

Desktop

Release date

January 2017

May 2020

Interface

MXM-A (3.0)

PCIe 4.0 x16

Supplementary power connectors

None

None

Boost clock speed

1019 MHz

-

Core clock speed

756 MHz

1410 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

28 nm

7 nm

Number of transistors

-

54,200 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

384

6912

Power consumption (TDP)

25 Watt

400 Watt

Texture fill rate

16.66

609.1

Memory type

GDDR5

HBM2E

Maximum RAM amount

2 GB

40 GB

Memory bus width

64 Bit

5120 Bit

Memory clock speed

5012 MHz

2430 MHz

Memory bandwidth

40 GB/s

1,555 GB/s

Shared memory

-

-

Display Connectors

No outputs

No outputs

DirectX

12

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

5.0

8.0

OpenCL

1.2

2.0

OpenGL

4.5

4.6

Shader Model

5.0

6.5

Vulkan

1.1.126

1.2.140

3D Stereo

+

-

nView Display Management

+

-

Optimus

+

-