AMD Radeon RX 540
VS
Intel HD Graphics 520
AMD Radeon RX 540
VS
Intel HD Graphics 520

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Radeon RX 540 and Intel HD Graphics 520. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

394
Place in performance rating
705
Polaris
Architecture
Gen. 9 Skylake
Polaris 12
Code name
Skylake GT2
Laptop
Type
Laptop
21 March 2017 (4 years ago)
Release date
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
$166
Price now
$309
13.38
Value for money
0.97
Polaris 12
GPU code name
Skylake GT2
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Radeon RX 540 and Intel HD Graphics 520 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

512
Pipelines
192
no data
Core clock speed
300 MHz
1219 MHz
Boost Clock
1050 MHz
1,500 million
Transistor count
189 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
65 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
15 Watt
39.01
Texture fill rate
25.20
1,248 gflops
Floating-point performance
no data
512
Pipelines / CUDA cores
24
1219 MHz
Boost clock speed
1050 MHz
1,500 million
Number of transistors
189 million
65 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
15 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Radeon RX 540 and Intel HD Graphics 520.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x1
1x 6-pin
Supplementary power connectors
no data
large
Laptop size
no data

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 Radeon RX 540 and Intel HD Graphics 520 can be seen in this section.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
32 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
6000 MHz
Memory clock speed
no data
96 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
no data
-
Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Radeon RX 540 and Intel HD Graphics 520, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between AMD Radeon RX 540 and Intel HD Graphics 520 is the additional functionality.

+
FreeSync
no data
+
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
no data
no data
Quick Sync
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Radeon RX 540 and Intel HD Graphics 520. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12.0
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
+
5.0
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
2.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon RX 540 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 Radeon RX 540 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 Radeon RX 540
Intel HD Graphics 520
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
Intel HD Graphics 520
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
Intel HD Graphics 520
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
Intel HD Graphics 520
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon RX 540
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 Radeon RX 540

9.06% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($166 vs $309)

More pipelines (512 vs 192)

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 520

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 65 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (32 GB vs 4 GB)

So, AMD Radeon RX 540 or Intel HD Graphics 520?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 540 .

AMD Radeon RX 540 versus Intel HD Graphics 520 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Radeon RX 540
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 520