GeForce 9600M GT vs HD Graphics 520

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking857not rated
Place by popularity38not in top-100
Power efficiency10.34no data
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameSkylake GT2G96C
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)4 June 2008 (16 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 cores19232
Core clock speed300 MHz120 MHz
Boost clock speed900 MHzno data
Number of transistors189 million314 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm+55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate21.608.000
Floating-point processing power0.3456 TFLOPS0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs38
TMUs2416

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceRing BusMXM-II
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount32 GB512 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data25.6 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo 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.

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model6.44.0
OpenGL4.63.3
OpenCL3.01.1
Vulkan+N/A
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

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



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
+498%
9600M GT 139

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
+292%
9600M GT 1459

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2015 4 June 2008
Maximum RAM amount 32 GB 512 MB
Chip lithography 14 nm 55 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 23 Watt

HD Graphics 520 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 292.9% more advanced lithography process, and 53.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 520 and GeForce 9600M GT. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 520 is a desktop card while GeForce 9600M GT is a notebook one.


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