Intel HD Graphics 520 vs ATI Radeon HD 3870

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and ATI Radeon HD 3870 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 7 year(s) 9 month(s) later
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 55 nm
• 7.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 106 Watt
• 64x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 512 MB
• Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 867 vs 555
• 3.6x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 210 vs 58
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 3131
• Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 3131

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 3870

• 2.6x more core clock speed: 777 MHz vs 300 MHz
• 13.3x more pipelines: 320 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 3870

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	867 555
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	210 58
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3337 3131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3337 3131

Compare specifications (specs)