Intel HD 520 vs Intel Iris 5100

Compare Intel HD 520 vs Intel Iris 5100, 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

158 points

6% slightly better overall score

Flux Core frame rate

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

4 FPS

0 FPS slightly higher Flux Core frame rate

Electron frame rate

Randomly generated noise sphere test

2 FPS

3 FPS

0 FPS slightly higher Electron frame rate

City frame rate

Procedurally generated city scene with voxel rendering

2 FPS

3 FPS

0 FPS slightly higher City frame rate

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

1 FPS

0 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

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Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4231 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

4150 points

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

3990 points

0.53% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

3969 points

Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

Vulkan compute benchmark

4427 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (Vulkan) score

3330 points

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

300 MHz

49% significantly higher core clock speed

200 MHz

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

100% significantly lower TDP

30 W

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.7 Gigapixels/s

4.4 Gigapixels/s

62% significantly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

21.6 Gigatexels/s

44 Gigatexels/s

103% significantly higher texture rate

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

192

320

66% significantly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

66% significantly more texture mapping units

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

33% slightly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

473rd of 586

464th of 586

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

4.3

HD 520 vs Iris 5100 specs and performance

For gaming, the Iris 5100 graphics card is better than the HD 520 in our tests.

In our comparison, the HD 520 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. Despite this, the Iris 5100 has a slightly 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 Iris 5100 at 30 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 Iris 5100 over the HD 520.