NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 vs Intel HD 520

Compare NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8 GB vs Intel HD 520, specs and GPU benchmark score. Which is the better graphics card for the money?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

General gaming and workstation score

4905 points

3214% significantly better overall score

148 points

Flux Core frame rate

Volumetric ray casting test, a computationally expensive method of rendering high-quality scenes

94 FPS

90 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate

4 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

79 FPS

76 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate

2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

62 FPS

60 FPS significantly higher City frame rate

2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

64 FPS

63 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

1 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

54640 points

1191% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

4231 points

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

66552 points

1564% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

3998 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

60120 points

1406% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

3990 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

65170 points

1372% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

4427 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

1607 MHz

435% significantly higher core clock speed

300 MHz

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

1733 MHz

92% significantly higher boost clock speed

900 MHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

180 W

15 W

1100% significantly lower TDP

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

110.9 Gigapixels/s

4007% significantly higher pixel rate

2.7 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

277.3 Gigatexels/s

1183% significantly higher texture rate

21.6 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

2560

1233% significantly more shading units

192

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

160

566% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

2033% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

104th of 586

471st of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2016 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

GDDR5X

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.5

4.6

GeForce GTX 1080 vs HD 520 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the GeForce GTX 1080 beats the HD 520 in gaming performance.

Our database shows that the GeForce GTX 1080 has a significantly higher core clock speed. The core clock speed (or base speed) is the frequency at which the GPU core runs. This metric makes sense when comparing GPUs of a similar architecture or generation. In addition, the GeForce GTX 1080 also has a significantly higher boost clock speed. This is a frequency that can be reached if the GPU is cooled sufficiently and has enough power.

In addition, the HD 520 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the GeForce GTX 1080 at 180 W. This is not a measure of performance, but rather the amount of heat generated by the chip when running at its highest speed.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the GeForce GTX 1080 over the HD 520.