AMD Radeon 520 vs Intel HD Graphics 620

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and Intel HD Graphics 620 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 520

Intel HD Graphics 620

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
3.4x more core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 300 MHz
817.5x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
13.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 24
Around 64% better floating-point performance: 660 GFLOPs vs 403.2 gflops
6.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 4178

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 30 August 2016
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 300 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s vs 25.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	320 vs 24
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs vs 403.2 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 4178
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 620

Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 1030 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 4 GB
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 922 vs 865
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 216 vs 203
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1404 vs 1182
Around 19% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1404 vs 1182
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1733 vs 1242
Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1733 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 1030 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	922 vs 865
PassMark - G2D Mark	216 vs 203
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1404 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1404 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1733 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1733 vs 1242

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 620

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

865

922

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

203

216

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26304

4178

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

1404

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

1733

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

1733

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3340

Name	AMD Radeon 520	Intel HD Graphics 620
PassMark - G3D Mark	865	922
PassMark - G2D Mark	203	216
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304	4178
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182	1404
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1242	1733
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1242	1733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3340
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.275
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		227.879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.508
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		15.582
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		30.288
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		343

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 520	Intel HD Graphics 620
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Generation 9.5
Code name	Oland	Kaby Lake GT2
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	1st Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	30 August 2016
Place in performance rating	1109	1334
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	1050 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs	403.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	320	24
Pixel fill rate	4.10 GP/s
Render output units	4
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s	25.2 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x1
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4
Shared memory	0	1
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Quick Sync