Intel HD 520 vs Intel HD 4600

Compare Intel HD 520 vs Intel HD 4600, 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

2 %

Identical

2 %

Flux Core frame rate

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

4 FPS

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4 FPS

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

2 FPS

Identical

2 FPS

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

3 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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Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4231

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

3076

Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

3998

42% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (Vulkan) score

2810

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4079

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

3229

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4401

68% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

2619

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

300 MHz

400 MHz

33% slightly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

900 MHz

1100 MHz

22% slightly higher boost clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the GPU

15 W

200% significantly lower TDP

45 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.7 Gigapixels/s

22% slightly higher pixel rate

2.2 Gigapixels/s

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

21.6 Gigatexels/s

22 Gigatexels/s

1% slightly higher texture rate

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

192

20% slightly more shading units

160

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

20% slightly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

49% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

276th of 360

273rd of 360

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

4.3

HD 520 vs HD 4600 comparison

For gaming, the HD 4600 graphics card is better than the HD 520 in our tests.

Our database shows that the HD 4600 has a slightly 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 HD 4600 also has a slightly higher boost clock speed: the maximum frequency the chip can reach if power delivery and thermals allow.

In addition, the HD 520 has a significantly lower TDP at 15 W when compared to the HD 4600 at 45 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 4600 over the HD 520.