Intel HD Graphics 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM 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 GT 625 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
Around 93% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 29 Watt
32x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 1 GB
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 868 vs 353
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 188
3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4014 vs 1345
7.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.852 vs 2.857
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 951 vs 629
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1462 vs 1102
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 2918
Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 951 vs 629
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1462 vs 1102
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 2918

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 18 February 2013
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 29 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	868 vs 353
PassMark - G2D Mark	211 vs 188
Geekbench - OpenCL	4014 vs 1345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.852 vs 2.857
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	951 vs 629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1462 vs 1102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3337 vs 2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	951 vs 629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1462 vs 1102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337 vs 2918

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM

2.9x more core clock speed: 874 MHz vs 300 MHz
2x more pipelines: 48 vs 24

Core clock speed	874 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	48 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

868

353

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

211

188

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4014

1345

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.852

2.857

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

951

629

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1462

1102

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3337

2918

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

951

629

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1462

1102

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3337

2918

Name	Intel HD Graphics 520	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	868	353
PassMark - G2D Mark	211	188
Geekbench - OpenCL	4014	1345
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.852	2.857
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	629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1462	1102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3337	2918
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	951	629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1462	1102
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337	2918
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	326

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 520	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Skylake GT2	GF119
Launch date	1 September 2015	18 February 2013
Place in performance rating	1391	1396
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	874 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	24	48
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	29 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	292 million
Floating-point performance		167.8 gflops
Texture fill rate		6.992 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
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		13.2 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1650 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync