NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile vs Intel HD Graphics 5600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile and Intel HD Graphics 5600 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

Intel HD Graphics 5600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
3.5x more core clock speed: 1041 MHz vs 300 MHz
16x more pipelines: 384 vs 24
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6338 vs 2872
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1692 vs 1598
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1692 vs 1598

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	11 January 2017 vs 5 September 2014
Core clock speed	1041 MHz vs 300 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 24
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	6338 vs 2872
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1692 vs 1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1692 vs 1598

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 5600

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 25 Watt
2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 463 vs 227
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2264 vs 1870
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3330 vs 3011
Around 11% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3330 vs 3011

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 25 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	463 vs 227
PassMark - G3D Mark	2264 vs 1870
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3330 vs 3011
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3330 vs 3011

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 5600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

227

463

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1870

2264

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

6338

2872

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1692

1598

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1692

1598

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3011

3330

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3011

3330

Name	NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile	Intel HD Graphics 5600
PassMark - G2D Mark	227	463
PassMark - G3D Mark	1870	2264
Geekbench - OpenCL	6338	2872
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3079
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1692	1598
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1692	1598
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3011	3330
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3011	3330

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA Quadro M520 Mobile	Intel HD Graphics 5600
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Generation 8.0
Code name	GM108	Broadwell GT2
Launch date	11 January 2017	5 September 2014
Place in performance rating	951	746
Type	Workstation	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1041 MHz	300 MHz
Floating-point performance	799.5 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	384	24
Texture fill rate	16.66 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	25 Watt	15 Watt
Boost clock speed		1050 MHz
Transistor count		1,300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	40.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	5012 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory		1
Technologies
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