HD Graphics 520 vs ATI Radeon X1950 XTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated864
Place by popularitynot in top-10042
Power efficiencyno data9.87
ArchitectureR500 (2005−2007)Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code nameR580+Skylake GT2
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date17 October 2006 (18 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 no data

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 coresno data192
Core clock speed650 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speedno data900 MHz
Number of transistors384 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm14 nm+
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate10.4021.60
Floating-point processing powerno data0.3456 TFLOPS
ROPs163
TMUs1624

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16Ring Bus
Length230 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR4DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
Maximum RAM amount512 MB32 GB
Memory bus width256 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1000 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth64 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 S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 (12_1)
Shader Model3.06.4
OpenGL2.04.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 October 2006 1 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 32 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 15 Watt

HD Graphics 520 has an age advantage of 8 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 542.9% more advanced lithography process, and 733.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon X1950 XTX and HD Graphics 520. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon X1950 XTX is a desktop card while HD Graphics 520 is a notebook one.


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