AMD Radeon R4 Mobile Graphics vs Intel HD Graphics 520

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R4 Mobile Graphics and Intel HD Graphics 520 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R4 Mobile Graphics

Intel HD Graphics 520

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R4 Mobile Graphics

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later

Launch date	1 June 2016 vs 1 September 2015

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 75% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 600 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm

Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz vs 600 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R4 Mobile Graphics
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 520

Name	AMD Radeon R4 Mobile Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 520
PassMark - G3D Mark		864
PassMark - G2D Mark		209
Geekbench - OpenCL		3993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		143.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		12.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		28.182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		326

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R4 Mobile Graphics	Intel HD Graphics 520
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 3.0	Generation 9.0
Code name	Stoney	Skylake GT2
Launch date	1 June 2016	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	not rated	1381
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	600 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	3,100 million	189 million
Pipelines		24
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	IGP	PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_0)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount		32 GB
Memory bus width		64 / 128 Bit
Memory type		DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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