Intel HD Graphics 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 8500 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

• Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
• Around 50% higher pipelines: 24 vs 16
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
• 2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 30 Watt
• 128x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 256 MB
• 5.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 864 vs 149
• 6.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 32
• 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 996
• 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 996

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

• Around 53% higher core clock speed: 459 MHz vs 300 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT

PassMark - G3D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	864 149
PassMark - G2D Mark	GPU 1 GPU 2	209 32
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3337 996
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	GPU 1 GPU 2	3337 996

Compare specifications (specs)