Intel HD Graphics 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 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 9600 GSO

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
7x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 105 Watt
85.3x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 384 MB
2.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 868 vs 327
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 102
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 2160
Around 54% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 2160

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 28 April 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 105 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 384 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	868 vs 327
PassMark - G2D Mark	211 vs 102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3337 vs 2160
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337 vs 2160

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

4.6x more core clock speed: 1375 MHz vs 300 MHz
4x more pipelines: 96 vs 24

Core clock speed	1375 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	96 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

868

327

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

102

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3337

2160

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3337

2160

Name	Intel HD Graphics 520	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
PassMark - G3D Mark	868	327
PassMark - G2D Mark	211	102
Geekbench - OpenCL	4014
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	2160
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337	2160
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	326

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 520	NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Skylake GT2	G92
Launch date	1 September 2015	28 April 2008
Place in performance rating	1391	1388
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$49.99
Price now		$49.99
Value for money (0-100)		13.43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1375 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	24	96
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	105 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	754 million
CUDA cores		96
Floating-point performance		264 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		26.4 billion / sec
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Dual Link DVIHDTV
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Height		4.376" (11.1 cm)
Length		9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options		2-way
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	384 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	192 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		38.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
CUDA