AMD Cypress
VS
Intel HD Graphics 520
AMD Cypress
VS
Intel HD Graphics 520

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Cypress and Intel HD Graphics 520. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
705
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Gen. 9 Skylake
Cypress
Code name
Skylake GT2
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
$12.72
Price now
$309
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Value for money
0.97
Cypress
GPU code name
Skylake GT2
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Cypress and Intel HD Graphics 520 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

1600
Pipelines
192
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Core clock speed
300 MHz
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Boost Clock
1050 MHz
2,154 million
Transistor count
189 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
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Texture fill rate
25.20
1600
Pipelines / CUDA cores
24
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Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
2,154 million
Number of transistors
189 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
15 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Cypress and Intel HD Graphics 520.

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Interface
PCIe 3.0 x1

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Cypress and Intel HD Graphics 520 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
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Maximum RAM amount
32 GB
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Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Cypress and Intel HD Graphics 520, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
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Technologies

The difference between AMD Cypress and Intel HD Graphics 520 is the additional functionality.

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Quick Sync
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Cypress and Intel HD Graphics 520. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.4
OpenGL
4.6
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Vulkan
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Shader Model
6.4
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OpenCL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Cypress and Intel HD Graphics 520 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Cypress or Intel HD Graphics 520 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Cypress
Intel HD Graphics 520
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Cypress
Intel HD Graphics 520
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Cypress
Intel HD Graphics 520
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Cypress
Intel HD Graphics 520
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Cypress
Intel HD Graphics 520
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Cypress

Cheaper ($12.72 vs $309)

More pipelines (1600 vs 192)

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 520

3.82% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

So, AMD Cypress or Intel HD Graphics 520?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel HD Graphics 520 .

AMD Cypress versus Intel HD Graphics 520 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Cypress
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 520