Intel HD Graphics 520 vs NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M 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) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 65 nm
  • 4.3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • 64x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 512 MB
  • 2.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 868 vs 370
  • 5.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 211 vs 40
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3337 vs 2376
  • Around 40% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3337 vs 2376
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 September 2015 vs 14 August 2008
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 65 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 65 Watt
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 512 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 868 vs 370
PassMark - G2D Mark 211 vs 40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3337 vs 2376
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 vs 2376

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

  • Around 77% higher core clock speed: 530 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • 2x more pipelines: 48 vs 24
Core clock speed 530 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines 48 vs 24

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
868
370
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
211
40
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
2376
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3337
2376
Name Intel HD Graphics 520 NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M
PassMark - G3D Mark 868 370
PassMark - G2D Mark 211 40
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 2376
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 951
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1462
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3337 2376
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 520 NVIDIA Quadro FX 2700M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 9.0 Tesla
Code name Skylake GT2 G94
Launch date 1 September 2015 14 August 2008
Place in performance rating 1391 1516
Type Laptop Mobile workstation
Launch price (MSRP) $99.95
Price now $99.95
Value for money (0-100) 7.66

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1050 MHz
Core clock speed 300 MHz 530 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 65 nm
Pipelines 24 48
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt
Transistor count 189 million 505 million
Floating-point performance 127.2 gflops
Texture fill rate 12.72 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 256 Bit
Memory type DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4 GDDR3
Shared memory 1 0
Memory bandwidth 51.1 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1598 MHz

Technologies

Quick Sync
PowerMizer 8.0
PureVideo HD