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NVIDIA Quadro M520

The NVIDIA Quadro M520 is a workstation graphics card released on January 11, 2017. It has 2 GB of video memory and a 25 W board power rating. It scores 1,924 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5.

Workstation

4/10 key specs recorded · 14 facts

Depth: 26 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

2 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

25 W

Performance

The NVIDIA Quadro M520 scores 1,924 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 65.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #1,034), measured across 97 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 225.

PassMark G3D Mark

1,924

Rank #1,034
Faster than 65.6% of 2,658 GPUs
97 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 30 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 45.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 9 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 48.4% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 13 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 38.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 9 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 32.3% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 801 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 41.3% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA Quadro M520 averages DirectX 9 30 fps, DirectX 10 9 fps, DirectX 11 13 fps, DirectX 12 9 fps and GPU Compute 801 ops/s, across 97 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Max memory 2 GB

Core clock 1041 MHz

Memory clock 1253 MHz

DirectX 12.0

OpenGL 4.5

Max TDP 25 W

First benchmarked 2017-05-16

Samples 97

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA Quadro M520 states up to 2 GB of memory, a core clock of 1041 MHz, DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5, first benchmarked on 2017-05-16. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA Quadro M520 specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Memory

Size 2 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA Quadro M520 is equipped with 2 GB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA Quadro M520 has a board power rating of 25 W.

Board power (TDP) 25 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface Not recorded

Market

Launched January 11, 2017

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Laptop

Series Quadro

The NVIDIA Quadro M520 was released on January 11, 2017.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 1,924

PassMark G2D 225

Rank #1,034

Samples 97

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA Quadro M520 supports DirectX 12.0 and OpenGL 4.5.

DirectX 12.0 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.5 (stated by PassMark)

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA Quadro M520. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA Quadro M520. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA Quadro M520.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA Quadro M520 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA Quadro M520 (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA Quadro M520 (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA Quadro M520 have?

The NVIDIA Quadro M520 has 2 GB of video memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA Quadro M520 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA Quadro M520 has a board power rating of 25 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA Quadro M520?

The NVIDIA Quadro M520 scores 1,924 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 65.6% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #1,034. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 9 fps.