Intel HD Graphics 520 vs ATI Radeon 8500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and ATI Radeon 8500 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.

Intel HD Graphics 520

ATI Radeon 8500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 14 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 300 MHz vs 275 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 150 nm
Around 53% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 23 Watt
512x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 64 MB
123.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 864 vs 7
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 146

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 14 August 2001
Core clock speed	300 MHz vs 275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 23 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 64 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	864 vs 7
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 146

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 8500

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

864

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

146

Name	Intel HD Graphics 520	ATI Radeon 8500
PassMark - G3D Mark	864	7
PassMark - G2D Mark	209	146
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)

	Intel HD Graphics 520	ATI Radeon 8500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Rage 7
Code name	Skylake GT2	R200
Launch date	1 September 2015	14 August 2001
Place in performance rating	1381	1165
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	275 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	60 million
Texture fill rate		2.2 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	8.1
OpenGL	4.5	1.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	64 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	DDR
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		8.8 GB / s
Memory clock speed		550 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync