HD Graphics 520 vs Radeon R7 260

Place in performance ranking	498	822
Place by popularity	not in top-100	36
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.02	0.18
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)
GPU code name	Bonaire	Skylake GT2
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	17 December 2013 (10 years ago)	1 September 2015 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data
Current price	$205 (1.9x MSRP)	$309

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

R7 260 has 467% better value for money than HD Graphics 520.

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	768	24
Core clock speed	no data	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1050 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	48.00	25.20
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 260 and HD Graphics 520 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x1
Length	170 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	no data

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	GDDR5	DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	+	no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration	-	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data
Quick Sync	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	no data	+
Mantle	-	no data

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.

R7 260 7.47
+247%

HD Graphics 520 2.15

Radeon R7 260 outperforms HD Graphics 520 by 247% 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%

R7 260 2891
+248%

HD Graphics 520 831

Radeon R7 260 outperforms HD Graphics 520 by 248% in Passmark.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

R7 260 4380
+445%

HD Graphics 520 804

Radeon R7 260 outperforms HD Graphics 520 by 445% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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	65−70 +225%	20 −225%
Full HD	35−40 +218%	11 −218%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	7.47	2.15
Recency	17 December 2013	1 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	15 Watt