Intel HD Graphics 520 vs Intel HD Graphics

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and Intel HD Graphics 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 month(s) later
  • Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1050 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • 4x more pipelines: 24 vs 6
  • Around 86% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 864 vs 464
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 193
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 951 vs 470
  • 118.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 951 vs 8
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 5 January 2015
Boost clock speed 1050 MHz vs 850 MHz
Pipelines 24 vs 6
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 864 vs 464
PassMark - G2D Mark 209 vs 193
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 951 vs 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 951 vs 8

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics

  • 2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5315 vs 3993
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5315 vs 3993

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
864
464
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
209
193
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3993
5315
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
951
470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
951
8
Name Intel HD Graphics 520 Intel HD Graphics
PassMark - G3D Mark 864 464
PassMark - G2D Mark 209 193
Geekbench - OpenCL 3993 5315
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) 951 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 951 8
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 Intel HD Graphics

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Generation 8.0
Code name Skylake GT2 Broadwell GT1
Launch date 1 September 2015 5 January 2015
Place in performance rating 1381 1384
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz 850 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Pipelines 24 6
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 6 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,300 million
Floating-point performance 15.6 gflops
Texture fill rate 1.3 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 3.0 x1

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 System Shared
Shared memory 1

Technologies

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