Intel HD Graphics 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 8400 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) 8 month(s) later
  • 3x more pipelines: 24 vs 8
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
  • 128x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 256 MB
  • 10.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 867 vs 81
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 210 vs 160
  • 4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 733
  • 4.6x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 733
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 4 December 2007
Pipelines 24 vs 8
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 867 vs 81
PassMark - G2D Mark 210 vs 160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 vs 733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 vs 733

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8400

  • Around 80% higher core clock speed: 540 MHz vs 300 MHz
Core clock speed 540 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8400

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
867
81
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
210
160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
733
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
733
Name Intel HD Graphics 520 NVIDIA GeForce 8400
PassMark - G3D Mark 867 81
PassMark - G2D Mark 210 160
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 733
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 733
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 520 NVIDIA GeForce 8400

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Tesla
Code name Skylake GT2 G98
Launch date 1 September 2015 4 December 2007
Place in performance rating 1394 1391
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $69.78
Price now $69.78
Value for money (0-100) 1.87

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 24 8
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 25 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 210 million
Floating-point performance 20.8 gflops
Texture fill rate 4.32 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 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 256 MB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 DDR2
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 8 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz

Technologies

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