NVS 4200M vs HD Graphics 520

Place in performance ranking	821	1126
Place by popularity	36	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.18	0.01
Architecture	Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	Skylake GT2	GF119
Market segment	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Release date	1 September 2015 (8 years ago)	22 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price	$309	$229

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD Graphics 520 has 1700% better value for money than NVS 4200M.

Detailed specifications

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 cores	24	48
Core clock speed	300 MHz	810 MHz
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	189 million	292 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	25.20	6.480
Floating-point performance	no data	155.52 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 520 and NVS 4200M 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.

Laptop size	no data	medium sized
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	MXM

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 type	DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	12.8 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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 Connectors

No 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 graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	6.4	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	1.1
Vulkan	+	N/A
CUDA	no data	2.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 520 2.15
+203%

NVS 4200M 0.71

HD Graphics 520 outperforms NVS 4200M by 203% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

HD Graphics 520 831
+202%

NVS 4200M 275

HD Graphics 520 outperforms NVS 4200M by 202% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD Graphics 520 5722
+149%

NVS 4200M 2298

HD Graphics 520 outperforms NVS 4200M by 149% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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%

HD Graphics 520 1294
+155%

NVS 4200M 507

HD Graphics 520 outperforms NVS 4200M by 155% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	20 +233%	6−7 −233%
Full HD	11 −18.2%	13 +18.2%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Hitman 3	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Hitman 3	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4	0−1
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Hitman 3	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Metro Exodus	0−1	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how HD Graphics 520 and NVS 4200M compete in popular games:

HD Graphics 520 is 233% faster than NVS 4200M in 900p
NVS 4200M is 18.2% faster than HD Graphics 520 in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD Graphics 520 is 200% faster than the NVS 4200M.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 520 is ahead in 21 test (84%)
there's a draw in 4 tests (16%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.15	0.71
Recency	1 September 2015	22 February 2011
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	25 Watt