Intel HD Graphics 520
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Intel HD Graphics 520
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

705
Place in performance rating
463
Gen. 9 Skylake
Architecture
Fermi
Skylake GT2
Code name
GF100
Laptop
Type
Laptop
1 September 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
25 May 2010 (11 years ago)
$309
Price now
$163
0.97
Value for money
2.00
Skylake GT2
GPU code name
N11E-GTX-A3
Laptop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

192
Pipelines
352
300 MHz
Core clock speed
425 MHz
1050 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
189 million
Transistor count
3,100 million
14 nm
Manufacturing process technology
40 nm
15 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
100 Watt
25.20
Texture fill rate
18.7 billion/sec
no data
Floating-point performance
598.4 gflops
24
Pipelines / CUDA cores
352
1050 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
189 million
Number of transistors
3,100 million
15 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
100 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 GTX 480M.

PCIe 3.0 x1
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
large
no data
SLI options
+
no data
Bus support
PCI-E 2.0

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 GTX 480M can be seen in this section.

DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
Memory type
GDDR5
32 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
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Memory clock speed
1200 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
76.8 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 GTX 480M, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
Maximum VGA resolution
2048x1536

Technologies

The difference between Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M is the additional functionality.

no data
3D Vision
+
no data
CUDA
+
+
Quick Sync
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 API
4.6
OpenGL
4.5
+
Vulkan
no data
6.4
Shader Model
no data
2.1
OpenCL
1.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 520 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M 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 GTX 480M 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 GTX 480M
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 520
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
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

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 40 nm)

Less power consumption (15 Watt vs 100 Watt)

More maximum RAM amount (32 GB vs 2 GB)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M

5.64% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($163 vs $309)

More pipelines (352 vs 192)

So, Intel HD Graphics 520 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M .

Intel HD Graphics 520 versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M 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 GTX 480M