Intel HD Graphics 520 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M 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 Quadro FX 1600M

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 50 Watt
64x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 512 MB
3.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 865 vs 231
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 209 vs 89

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 June 2007
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 50 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	865 vs 231
PassMark - G2D Mark	209 vs 89

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

2.1x more core clock speed: 625 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 33% higher pipelines: 32 vs 24

Core clock speed	625 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	32 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

865

231

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

209

Name	Intel HD Graphics 520	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
PassMark - G3D Mark	865	231
PassMark - G2D Mark	209	89
Geekbench - OpenCL	3987
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3337
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	326

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 520	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Tesla
Code name	Skylake GT2	G84
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 June 2007
Place in performance rating	1393	1391
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP)		$149.90
Price now		$149.90
Value for money (0-100)		1.87
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	625 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	24	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	50 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	289 million
Floating-point performance		80 gflops
Texture fill rate		10 GTexel / s
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	MXM-HE
Laptop size		large
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	128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4	GDDR3
Shared memory	1	0
Memory bandwidth		25.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
Quick Sync