Intel HD Graphics 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 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 GTX 260

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 2 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
12.1x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 182 Watt
36.6x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 896 MB
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 53
2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 21.852 vs 8.664

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 16 June 2008
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 182 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 896 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 53
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.852 vs 8.664

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

4.1x more core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 300 MHz
8x more pipelines: 192 vs 24
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1208 vs 864
4.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19512 vs 3993
3.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 477.327 vs 143.083
Around 92% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 24.906 vs 12.958
Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 29.525 vs 28.182

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	192 vs 24
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1208 vs 864
Geekbench - OpenCL	19512 vs 3993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	477.327 vs 143.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	24.906 vs 12.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	29.525 vs 28.182
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 GTX 260

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

864

1208

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3993

19512

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

21.852

8.664

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

143.083

477.327

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

12.958

24.906

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

28.182

29.525

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 GTX 260
PassMark - G3D Mark	864	1208
PassMark - G2D Mark	209	53
Geekbench - OpenCL	3993	19512
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	21.852	8.664
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	143.083	477.327
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	12.958	24.906
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	28.182	29.525
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 GTX 260
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Skylake GT2	GT200
Launch date	1 September 2015	16 June 2008
Place in performance rating	1381	1396
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$449
Price now		$95.38
Value for money (0-100)		13.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1242 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	24	192
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	182 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		192
Floating-point performance		476.9 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Texture fill rate		36.9 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
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		2-way3-way
Supplementary power connectors		2x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	10.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.1
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	896 MB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	448 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	1
Memory bandwidth		111.9 GB / s
Memory clock speed		999 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync
3D Vision
CUDA
SLI