HD Graphics 520 vs FirePro D700

Place in the ranking	373	867
Place by popularity	not in top-100	47
Power efficiency	3.53	9.91
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code name	Tahiti	Skylake GT2
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 January 2014 (11 years ago)	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	192
Core clock speed	850 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	900 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm+
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	108.8	21.60
Floating-point processing power	3.482 TFLOPS	0.3456 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	3
TMUs	128	24

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	Ring Bus
Length	279 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	32 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1370 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	263.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

Portable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	130−140 +550%	20 −550%
Full HD	65−70 +550%	10 −550%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Elden Ring	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Dota 2	11 +0%	11 +0%
Elden Ring	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Fortnite	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	3 +0%	3 +0%
Metro Exodus	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 +0%	3 +0%
World of Tanks	30 +0%	30 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Dota 2	22 +0%	22 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Elden Ring	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
World of Tanks	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Valorant	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Elden Ring	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Dota 2	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Far Cry 5	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Fortnite	0−1	0−1
Valorant	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

This is how FirePro D700 and HD Graphics 520 compete in popular games:

FirePro D700 is 550% faster in 900p
FirePro D700 is 550% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 51 test (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	14.06	2.16
Recency	18 January 2014	1 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	32 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	15 Watt

FirePro D700 has a 550.9% higher aggregate performance score.

HD Graphics 520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1726.7% lower power consumption.

The FirePro D700 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 520 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D700 is a workstation card while HD Graphics 520 is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.