Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M

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General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking1120not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.01no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Gen. 8 (2015−2016)
GPU code nameN12P-GP/LVBraswell
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 January 2011 (13 years old)1 April 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$59.99 no data
Current price$237 (4x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4812
CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed740 / 600 MHz320 MHz
Boost clock speedno data640 MHz
Number of transistors585 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12 Wattno data
Texture fill rate5.9 billion/secno data
Floating-point performance129.02 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 520M and HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount1536 MBno data
Memory bus width64 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API11.2
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL1.1no data
VulkanN/Ano data
CUDA+no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 520M 502
+43.8%
HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) 349

GeForce GT 520M outperforms HD Graphics 400 (Braswell) by 44% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 5 January 2011 1 April 2016
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 520M and HD Graphics 400 (Braswell). We've got no test results to judge.


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