Intel HD 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

Compare Intel HD 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 710, 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

148 points
45% significantly better overall score
102 points

Flux Core frame rate

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

4 FPS
1 FPS significantly higher Flux Core frame rate
3 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

2 FPS
1 FPS significantly higher Electron frame rate
1 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

2 FPS
0 FPS slightly higher City frame rate
2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

1 FPS
Identical
1 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4231 points
103% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score
2079 points
Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

3998 points
106% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score
1939 points
Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

3990 points
101% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score
1979 points
Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4427 points
113% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score
2069 points

Specifications

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W
93% significantly lower TDP
29 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.7 Gigapixels/s
66% significantly higher pixel rate
1.62 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

21.6 Gigatexels/s
233% significantly higher texture rate
6.48 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

192
300% significantly more shading units
48

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

24
200% significantly more texture mapping units
8

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

3
4
33% slightly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

467th of 586
503rd of 586

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

-
2016 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR3

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0
12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6
4.6

HD 520 vs GeForce GT 710 benchmarks

For gaming, the HD 520 graphics card is better than the GeForce GT 710 in our tests.

In addition, the HD 520 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the GeForce GT 710 at 29 W. Heat output doesn't match power consumption directly but, it's a good estimate.

In conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the HD 520 over the GeForce GT 710.

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