Intel HD Graphics 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 710A

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 710A 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 1 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • 32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 83% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 867 vs 473
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 210 vs 198
  • Around 51% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3993 vs 2638
  • 3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.852 vs 7.071
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 143.083 vs 141.919
  • Around 95% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.243 vs 0.636
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 28.182 vs 23.162
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 17 March 2014
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 867 vs 473
PassMark - G2D Mark 210 vs 198
Geekbench - OpenCL 3993 vs 2638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.852 vs 7.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 143.083 vs 141.919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.243 vs 0.636
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 28.182 vs 23.162

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 710A

  • 2.4x more core clock speed: 719 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 8x more pipelines: 192 vs 24
  • Around 7% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 13.803 vs 12.958
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1112 vs 951
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1967 vs 1462
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1112 vs 951
  • Around 35% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1967 vs 1462
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 719 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 192 vs 24
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 13.803 vs 12.958
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1112 vs 951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1967 vs 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1112 vs 951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1967 vs 1462

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 710A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
867
473
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
210
198
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3993
2638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
21.852
7.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
143.083
141.919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.243
0.636
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.958
13.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
28.182
23.162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
951
1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1462
1967
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
951
1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1462
1967
Name Intel HD Graphics 520 NVIDIA GeForce 710A
PassMark - G3D Mark 867 473
PassMark - G2D Mark 210 198
Geekbench - OpenCL 3993 2638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 21.852 7.071
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 143.083 141.919
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.243 0.636
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 12.958 13.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 28.182 23.162
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 951 1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1462 1967
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 951 1112
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1462 1967
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 520 NVIDIA GeForce 710A

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Kepler 2.0
Code name Skylake GT2 GK208
Launch date 1 September 2015 17 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1394 1397
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 719 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 24 192
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 1,270 million
Floating-point performance 276.1 gflops
Texture fill rate 11.5 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) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 1 GB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 DDR3
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz

Technologies

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