NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs Intel HD Graphics 520

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and Intel HD Graphics 520 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Intel HD Graphics 520

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 0 month(s) later
7.5x more core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 300 MHz
2.4x more boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1050 MHz
682.7x more pipelines: 16384 vs 24
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 14 nm
6.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 209
44.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 864
28.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9223 vs 326
26.7x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 582.642 vs 21.852
79.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 98.472 vs 1.243
13.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 178.756 vs 12.958
105.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2968.159 vs 28.182
79.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 3993

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 1 September 2015
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1050 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 24
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 209
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 864
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223 vs 326
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	582.642 vs 21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472 vs 1.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	178.756 vs 12.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159 vs 28.182
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 3993

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 520

30x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 24 GB

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 450 Watt
Maximum memory size	32 GB vs 24 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 520

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1297

209

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

38287

864

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

9223

326

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

582.642

21.852

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

98.472

1.243

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

178.756

12.958

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2968.159

28.182

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

317791

3993

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	Intel HD Graphics 520
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297	209
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287	864
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223	326
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	582.642	21.852
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472	1.243
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	178.756	12.958
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159	28.182
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791	3993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0	143.083
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	Intel HD Graphics 520
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Generation 9.0
Code name	AD102	Skylake GT2
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	1 September 2015
Place in performance rating	13	1381
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	1050 MHz
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16384	24
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	450 Watt	15 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Length	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / DDR4
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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