Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3 vs HD Graphics 5000

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking968not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.66no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.5 (2013)GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)
GPU code nameHaswell GT3Banks
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 May 2013 (11 years ago)18 April 2017 (7 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 cores320320
Core clock speed200 MHz1030 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,300 million690 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate40.0020.60
Floating-point processing power0.64 TFLOPS0.6592 TFLOPS
ROPs48
TMUs4020

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).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 3.0 x8
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared64 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data16 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentPortable 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.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 (11_1)
Shader Model5.16.5 (5.1)
OpenGL4.34.6
OpenCL1.22.1 (1.2)
Vulkan+1.2.170

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 May 2013 18 April 2017
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 50 Watt

HD Graphics 5000 has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

520 Mobile DDR3, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 5000 and Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 5000 is a desktop card while Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3 is a notebook one.


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Intel HD Graphics 5000
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AMD Radeon 520 Mobile DDR3
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