Intel HD Graphics 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT 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

NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 130 nm
4.5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 67 Watt
128x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 256 MB
6.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 864 vs 142

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 14 April 2004
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 67 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	864 vs 142

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

Around 17% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 212 vs 209

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	212 vs 209

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

864

142

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

212

Name	Intel HD Graphics 520	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	864	142
PassMark - G2D Mark	209	212
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	NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Curie
Code name	Skylake GT2	NV40 A1
Launch date	1 September 2015	14 April 2004
Place in performance rating	1381	849
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	67 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	222 million
Texture fill rate		5.6 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 8x
Supplementary power connectors		1x Molex
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	256 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		32.0 GB / s
Memory clock speed		700 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync