Jetson Nano GPU vs HD Graphics 520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking857not rated
Place by popularity43not in top-100
Power efficiency9.93no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)
GPU code nameSkylake GT2GM20B
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)March 2019 (5 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores192128
Core clock speed300 MHz640 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHz921 MHz
Number of transistors189 million2,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+20 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate21.6014.74
Floating-point processing power0.3456 TFLOPS0.2358 TFLOPS
ROPs316
TMUs2416

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceRing BusIGP
Lengthno data70 mm
WidthIGPIGP

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4System Shared
Maximum RAM amount32 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory+no data

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.01.2
Vulkan+1.1
CUDA-5.3

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 14 nm 20 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 10 Watt

HD Graphics 520 has a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

Jetson Nano GPU, on the other hand, has 50% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 520 and Jetson Nano GPU. We've got no test results to judge.


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