Intel HD Graphics 520 vs AMD Radeon HD 8570M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and AMD Radeon HD 8570M 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 650 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 868 vs 441
  • Around 30% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 162
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 2214
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 2214
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 1 March 2013
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 868 vs 441
PassMark - G2D Mark 211 vs 162
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 vs 2214
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 vs 2214

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8570M

  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
  • Around 16% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4646 vs 4014
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1011 vs 951
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2059 vs 1462
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1011 vs 951
  • Around 41% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2059 vs 1462
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 750 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 384 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 4646 vs 4014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1011 vs 951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2059 vs 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1011 vs 951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2059 vs 1462

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8570M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
868
441
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
211
162
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4014
4646
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
951
1011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1462
2059
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
2214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
951
1011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1462
2059
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
2214
Name Intel HD Graphics 520 AMD Radeon HD 8570M
PassMark - G3D Mark 868 441
PassMark - G2D Mark 211 162
Geekbench - OpenCL 4014 4646
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 1011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1462 2059
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 2214
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 951 1011
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1462 2059
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 2214
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326 0

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 520 AMD Radeon HD 8570M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Skylake GT2 Sun
Launch date 1 September 2015 1 March 2013
Place in performance rating 1391 1319
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 650 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 750 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 384
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,040 million
Compute units 5
Floating-point performance 528.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 16.5 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 2 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR5
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 16 GB / s
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz

Technologies

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