Intel HD Graphics 520
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Intel HD Graphics 520
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

705
Place in performance rating
538
Gen. 9 Skylake
Architecture
Maxwell
Skylake GT2
Code name
GM108
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
10 March 2016 (5 years ago)
$309
Price now
$950
0.97
Value for money
0.81
Skylake GT2
GPU code name
N16S-GTR-B/S
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
384
300 MHz
Core clock speed
1122 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
993 MHz
189 million
Transistor count
1,870 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
23 Watt
25.20
Texture fill rate
23.83
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Floating-point performance
762.6 gflops
24
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
1242 MHz
189 million
Number of transistors
1,870 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
23 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
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Supplementary power connectors
None
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Laptop size
medium sized
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Bus support
PCI Express 3.0

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 NVIDIA GeForce 940MX can be seen in this section.

DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
Memory type
DDR3, GDDR5
32 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
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Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
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Memory bandwidth
40.1 GB/s
+
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

The difference between Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX is the additional functionality.

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GPU Boost
2.0
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CUDA
+
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GeForce Experience
+
no data
Optimus
+
no data
GameWorks
+
+
Quick Sync
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
1.1
6.4
Shader Model
5.1
2.1
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 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 NVIDIA GeForce 940MX good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX 48.3 23 17.6 11.2
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
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

Cheaper ($309 vs $950)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 23 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (32 GB vs 4 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 940MX

3.25% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (384 vs 192)

So, Intel HD Graphics 520 or NVIDIA GeForce 940MX?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 940MX .

Intel HD Graphics 520 versus NVIDIA GeForce 940MX performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 520
0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score NVIDIA GeForce 940MX