Intel HD 520 vs AMD Radeon HD 8730M

Compare Intel HD 520 vs AMD Radeon HD 8730M 2 GB, 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

33% slightly better overall score

111 points

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

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

Identical

2 FPS

Clouds frame rate

Real-time noise calculation and ray marching test

1 FPS

0 FPS significantly higher Clouds frame rate

0 FPS

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

4231 points

6236 points

47% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (OpenCL) score

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

OpenCL compute benchmark

3990 points

5952 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (OpenCL) score

Specifications

Core Clock Speed

Nominal chip frequency

300 MHz

650 MHz

116% significantly higher core clock speed

Boost Clock Speed

Higher turbo frequency when power conditions are met

900 MHz

38% slightly higher boost clock speed

650 MHz

Pixel Rate

Number of pixels that can be rendered per second

2.7 Gigapixels/s

5.6 Gigapixels/s

107% significantly higher pixel rate

Texture Rate

Number of textured pixels that can be rendered per second

21.6 Gigatexels/s

28% slightly higher texture rate

16.8 Gigatexels/s

Shading Units

Number of processors dedicated to shader processing

192

384

100% significantly more shading units

Texture Mapping Units

Number of processors dedicated to applying textures

Identical

Render Output Processors

Number of processors dedicated to final pixel rendering

166% significantly more render output processors

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

467th of 586

497th of 586

Family

The product line

Radeon HD 8000M Series

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR3

DirectX Support

Maximum version of DirectX supported

12.0

11.1

OpenGL Support

Maximum version of OpenGL supported

4.6

4.4

HD 520 vs Radeon HD 8730M specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the HD 520 beats the Radeon HD 8730M in gaming performance.

Our database shows that the Radeon HD 8730M 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 HD 520 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 conclusion, all specs and GPU benchmarks considered, will recommend the HD 520 over the Radeon HD 8730M.