HD Graphics 520 vs Radeon R9 380

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 380 with HD Graphics 520, including specs and performance data.

R9 380
2015
4 GB GDDR5, 190 Watt
15.88
+635%

R9 380 outperforms HD Graphics 520 by a whopping 635% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking340864
Place by popularitynot in top-10042
Cost-effectiveness evaluation9.19no data
Power efficiency5.739.87
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code nameAntiguaSkylake GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date18 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1792192
Compute units28no data
Core clock speedno data300 MHz
Boost clock speed970 MHz900 MHz
Number of transistors5,000 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm+
Power consumption (TDP)190 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate108.621.60
Floating-point processing power3.476 TFLOPS0.3456 TFLOPS
ROPs323
TMUs11224

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16Ring Bus
Length221 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Form factorfull height / full length / dual slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2 x 6-pinno data
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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 typeGDDR5DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
High bandwidth memory (HBM)-no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GB32 GB
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed970 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth182.4 GB/sno 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

CrossFire+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TrueAudio+-
ZeroCore+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data
Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_1)
Shader Model6.36.4
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan++
Mantle+-

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.

R9 380 15.88
+635%
HD Graphics 520 2.16

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.

R9 380 6119
+636%
HD Graphics 520 831

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.

R9 380 12191
+842%
HD Graphics 520 1294

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.

R9 380 29722
+419%
HD Graphics 520 5722

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.

R9 380 8218
+923%
HD Graphics 520 804

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.

R9 380 50723
+657%
HD Graphics 520 6701

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

R9 380 303773
+312%
HD Graphics 520 73656

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:

900p140−150
+600%
20
−600%
Full HD65
+550%
10
−550%
4K25
+733%
3−4
−733%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.06no data
4K7.96no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+2500%
2−3
−2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+640%
5
−640%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+617%
6−7
−617%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+1033%
9−10
−1033%
Hitman 3 30−33
+329%
7−8
−329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+344%
18−20
−344%
Metro Exodus 50−55 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+780%
5−6
−780%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+420%
10−11
−420%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+125%
35−40
−125%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+2500%
2−3
−2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+617%
6−7
−617%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+1033%
9−10
−1033%
Hitman 3 30−33
+329%
7−8
−329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+344%
18−20
−344%
Metro Exodus 50−55 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+780%
5−6
−780%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+420%
10−11
−420%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100
+669%
13
−669%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+125%
35−40
−125%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+414%
7−8
−414%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+400%
5−6
−400%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+825%
4−5
−825%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+1033%
9−10
−1033%
Hitman 3 30−33
+329%
7−8
−329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+344%
18−20
−344%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+420%
10−11
−420%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 30
+131%
12−14
−131%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+125%
35−40
−125%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+780%
5−6
−780%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+933%
3−4
−933%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+740%
10−11
−740%
Hitman 3 18−20
+171%
7−8
−171%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+433%
6−7
−433%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+833%
3−4
−833%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+867%
3−4
−867%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
+708%
12−14
−708%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+420%
5−6
−420%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Hitman 3 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+700%
10−11
−700%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 19
+850%
2−3
−850%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
+950%
2−3
−950%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
+700%
2−3
−700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%

This is how R9 380 and HD Graphics 520 compete in popular games:

  • R9 380 is 600% faster in 900p
  • R9 380 is 550% faster in 1080p
  • R9 380 is 733% faster in 4K

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the R9 380 is 2500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, R9 380 surpassed HD Graphics 520 in all 54 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 15.88 2.16
Recency 18 June 2015 1 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 190 Watt 15 Watt

R9 380 has a 635.2% higher aggregate performance score.

HD Graphics 520, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 1166.7% lower power consumption.

The Radeon R9 380 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 520 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R9 380 is a desktop 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.

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