Arc A310 vs HD Graphics 520

Place in the ranking	857	363
Place by popularity	43	not in top-100
Power efficiency	9.93	13.14
Architecture	Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)	Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code name	Skylake GT2	DG2-128
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	1 September 2015 (9 years ago)	12 October 2022 (2 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	192	768
Core clock speed	300 MHz	2000 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	2000 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm+	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	21.60	64.00
Floating-point processing power	0.3456 TFLOPS	3.072 TFLOPS
ROPs	3	16
TMUs	24	32
Tensor Cores	no data	96
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	6

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	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1937 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	124.0 GB/s
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

Portable Device Dependent

No outputs

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 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD Graphics 520 2.15

Arc A310 14.23
+562%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD Graphics 520 831

Arc A310 5492
+561%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD Graphics 520 1294

Arc A310 11915
+821%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

HD Graphics 520 5722

Arc A310 46839
+719%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD Graphics 520 804

Arc A310 8464
+953%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 520 6701

Arc A310 53244
+695%

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

HD Graphics 520 263

Arc A310 3269
+1143%

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	20 −550%	130−140 +550%
Full HD	10 −280%	38 +280%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
−500%

30−33

+500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −2850%	55−60 +2850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −500%	30−33 +500%
Far Cry 5	5 −740%	40−45 +740%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −700%	45−50 +700%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1156%	110−120 +1156%
Hitman 3	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −389%	85−90 +389%
Metro Exodus	0−1	60−65
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −880%	45−50 +880%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −490%	55−60 +490%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −139%	85−90 +139%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −2850%	55−60 +2850%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −500%	30−33 +500%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −950%	40−45 +950%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −700%	45−50 +700%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1156%	110−120 +1156%
Hitman 3	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −389%	85−90 +389%
Metro Exodus	0−1	60−65
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −880%	45−50 +880%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −550%	65 +550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 −215%	40−45 +215%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −139%	85−90 +139%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −471%	40−45 +471%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −500%	30−33 +500%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −950%	40−45 +950%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1156%	110−120 +1156%
Hitman 3	7−8 −400%	35−40 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	18−20 −389%	85−90 +389%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −440%	54 +440%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −123%	29 +123%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −139%	85−90 +139%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−880%

45−50
+880%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −1033%	30−35 +1033%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −950%	21−24 +950%
Hitman 3	7−8 −200%	21−24 +200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −800%	100−110 +800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−480%

27−30
+480%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	18−20
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	7−8

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−433%

16−18
+433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

30−33

+0%

30−33

+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

30−33

+0%

30−33

+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

30−33

+0%

30−33

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

4K
High Preset

Hitman 3	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +0%	90−95 +0%
Metro Exodus	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%

This is how HD Graphics 520 and Arc A310 compete in popular games:

Arc A310 is 550% faster in 900p
Arc A310 is 280% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the Arc A310 is 2850% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Arc A310 is ahead in 49 tests (79%)
there's a draw in 13 tests (21%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	2.15	14.23
Recency	1 September 2015	12 October 2022
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt

HD Graphics 520 has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 400% lower power consumption.

Arc A310, on the other hand, has a 561.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 133.3% more advanced lithography process.

The Arc A310 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 520 in performance tests.

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