Intel HD Graphics 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 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
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 9x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 135 Watt
  • 64x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 512 MB
  • Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 864 vs 550
  • 3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 66
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 11 December 2007
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 135 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 864 vs 550
PassMark - G2D Mark 209 vs 66

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 5.3x more pipelines: 128 vs 24
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 650 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 128 vs 24
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3342 vs 3337
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3342 vs 3337

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
864
550
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
209
66
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
3342
Name Intel HD Graphics 520 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
PassMark - G3D Mark 864 550
PassMark - G2D Mark 209 66
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 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 3342
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 520 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Tesla
Code name Skylake GT2 G92
Launch date 1 September 2015 11 December 2007
Place in performance rating 1381 1346
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $349

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 24 128
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 135 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 754 million
Floating-point performance 416.0 gflops
Texture fill rate 41.6 GTexel / s

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x S-Video

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x1 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 254 mm
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_1) 10.0
OpenGL 4.5 3.3
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 512 MB
Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 256 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR3
Shared memory 1
Memory bandwidth 52.5 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1640 MHz

Technologies

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