Intel HD Graphics 520
VS
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Intel HD Graphics 520
VS
Intel HD Graphics 4000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 520 and Intel HD Graphics 4000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

705
Place in performance rating
880
Gen. 9 Skylake
Architecture
Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge
Skylake GT2
Code name
Ivy Bridge GT2
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
23 March 2011 (10 years ago)
$309
Price now
$91
0.97
Value for money
0.13
Skylake GT2
GPU code name
Ivy Bridge
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 520 and Intel HD Graphics 4000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
128
300 MHz
Core clock speed
350 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
1300 MHz
189 million
Transistor count
1,200 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
22 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
25.20
Texture fill rate
20.80
no data
Floating-point performance
33.6 gflops
24
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
1350 MHz
189 million
Number of transistors
1,200 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel HD Graphics 520 and Intel HD Graphics 4000.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16

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 Intel HD Graphics 520 and Intel HD Graphics 4000 can be seen in this section.

DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
Memory type
System Shared
32 GB
Maximum RAM amount
no data
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
+
Shared memory
+

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel HD Graphics 520 and Intel HD Graphics 4000, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between Intel HD Graphics 520 and Intel HD Graphics 4000 is the additional functionality.

+
Quick Sync
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 520 and Intel HD Graphics 4000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
11.1 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.0
+
Vulkan
1.1.80
6.4
Shader Model
5.0
2.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 520 and Intel HD Graphics 4000 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 Intel HD Graphics 520 or Intel HD Graphics 4000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
Intel HD Graphics 4000
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
Intel HD Graphics 4000
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 Intel HD Graphics 520

1.75% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (192 vs 128)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 22 nm)

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 4000

Cheaper ($91 vs $309)

So, Intel HD Graphics 520 or Intel HD Graphics 4000?

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

Intel HD Graphics 520 versus Intel HD Graphics 4000 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 520
1.7 Out of 3 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 4000