Intel HD Graphics 520 vs Intel HD Graphics 620
Intel HD Graphics 520
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The Intel HD Graphics 520 (GT2) is an integrated graphics unit, which can be found in various ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) processors of the Skylake generation. This "GT2" version of the Skylake GPU offers 24 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at up to 1050 MHz (depending on the CPU model). Due to its lack of dedicated graphics memory or eDRAM cache, the HD 520 has to access the main memory (2x 64bit DDR3L-1600 / DDR4-2133).
Performance
The exact performance of the HD Graphics 520 depends on various factors like L3 cache size, memory configuration (DDR3/DDR4) and maximum clock rate of the specific model. The fastest versions (Core i7-6600U) should perform similar to a dedicated GeForce 820M and will handle modern games (as of 2015) in low settings.
Features
The revised video engine now decodes H.265/HEVC completely in hardware and thereby much more efficiently than before. Displays can be connected via DP 1.2 / eDP 1.3 (max. 3840 x 2160 @ 60 Hz), whereas HDMI is limited to the older version 1.4a (max. 3840 x 2160 @ 30 Hz). However, HDMI 2.0 can be added using a DisplayPort converter. Up to three displays can be controlled simultaneously.
Power Consumption
The HD Graphics 520 can be found in mobile processors specified at 15 W TDP and is therefore suited for compact laptops and ultrabooks.
Intel HD Graphics 620
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The Intel HD Graphics 620 (GT2) is an integrated graphics unit, which can be found in various ULV (Ultra Low Voltage) processors of the Kaby Lake generation. This "GT2" version of the Kaby Lake GPU is clocked at up to 1050 MHz (depending on the CPU model). Due to its lack of dedicated graphics memory or eDRAM cache, the HD 620 has to access the main memory (2x 64bit DDR3/DDR4).
Performance
The exact performance of the HD Graphics 620 depends on various factors like L3 cache size, memory configuration (DDR3/DDR4) and maximum clock rate of the specific model but is very similar to the old HD Graphics 520 GPU. That means only some less demanding recent games like Farming Simulator 17 run fluently in low detail settings (see below for gaming benchmarks). Compared to dedicated graphics cards, the HD620 should be positioned between a GeForce 910M and 920M from Nvidia. For games, the drivers however are not that fast updated and tested as with GeForce graphics cards.
Features
The revised video engine now supports H.265/HEVC Main10 profile in hardware with 10 bit colors. Furthermore, Googles VP9 codec can also be hardware decoded. The first models do not support HDCP 2.2 and therefore Netflix 4K. This was added with the new models in 2017 and beginning of May 2017 also the older CPU models like the i3-7100U are now shipped with a new S-Spec Code that supports HDCP 2.2. HDMI 2.0 however is still only supported with an external converter chip (LSPCon).
Power Consumption
The HD Graphics 620 can be found in mobile processors specified at 15 W TDP and is therefore suited for compact laptops and ultrabooks.
| Intel HD Graphics 520 | Intel HD Graphics 620 |
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Gen. 9.5 Series | | |
| Codename | Skylake GT2 | Kaby-Lake GT2 |
| Architecture | Gen. 9 Skylake | Gen. 9.5 Kaby Lake |
| Pipelines | 24 - unified | 24 - unified |
| Core Speed | 300 - 1050 (Boost) MHz | 300 - 1050 (Boost) MHz |
| Memory Bus Width | 64/128 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
| Memory Type | DDR3/DDR4 | DDR3/DDR4 |
| Shared Memory | yes | yes |
| DirectX | DirectX 12_1 | DirectX 12_1 |
| technology | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Features | QuickSync | QuickSync |
| Date of Announcement | 01.09.2015 | 30.08.2016 |
Benchmarks
Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - HD Graphics 520
5.3 pt (6%)
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Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - HD Graphics 620
5.9 pt (6%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
297 Points (2%)
min: 329 avg: 364 median: 365 (2%) max: 398 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
263 Points (1%)
min: 290 avg: 320 median: 321 (2%) max: 349 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 50874 avg: 70431 median: 73656 (11%) max: 88058 Points
min: 57706 avg: 77795 median: 79066.5 (12%) max: 98195 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 27001 avg: 38067 median: 39969 (5%) max: 49514 Points
min: 12780 avg: 41308 median: 38918 (5%) max: 55020 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
min: 3915 avg: 5379 median: 5357.5 (7%) max: 6737 Points
min: 3369 avg: 6049 median: 5993 (8%) max: 7245 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
min: 4724 avg: 6747 median: 6700.5 (3%) max: 8842 Points
min: 5790 avg: 7755 median: 7725 (4%) max: 9610 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 536 avg: 748 median: 752 (2%) max: 961 Points
min: 316 avg: 845 median: 858 (2%) max: 1078 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 564 avg: 800 median: 803.5 (2%) max: 1056 Points
min: 328 avg: 916 median: 934 (2%) max: 1176 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
min: 633 avg: 56112 median: 56183 (7%) max: 82961 Points
min: 11084 avg: 66525 median: 62248.5 (8%) max: 92261 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 1135 avg: 1433 median: 1435.5 (3%) max: 1700 Points
min: 1146 avg: 1639 median: 1645.5 (4%) max: 1970 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 1060 avg: 1296 median: 1293.5 (2%) max: 1520 Points
min: 1067 avg: 1499 median: 1508.5 (3%) max: 1777 Points
3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel HD Graphics 520 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 4381 avg: 5299 median: 5722 (6%) max: 5884 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. total + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 5195 avg: 5911 median: 5803 (6%) max: 6924 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + Intel HD Graphics 520 3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 3680 avg: 4547 median: 4966 (5%) max: 5052 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 4384 avg: 5059 median: 5019 (5%) max: 5945 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 20229 avg: 23729 median: 23728.5 (25%) max: 27228 Points
67477 Points (70%)
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 14683 avg: 17873 median: 18240 (10%) max: 20522 Points
min: 16812 avg: 19095 median: 17494 (9%) max: 23293 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 9082 avg: 11565 median: 10910 (16%) max: 15357 Points
min: 10111 avg: 12578 median: 12160 (18%) max: 16394 Points
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel HD Graphics 520 min: 5463 avg: 8344 median: 8656 (16%) max: 9977 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 6656 avg: 8841 median: 8449 (16%) max: 11506 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x720 + Intel HD Graphics 520 6847 Points (13%)
Unigine Valley 1.0 - Unigine Valley 1.0 DX
4.2 fps (2%)
SPECviewperf 11
specvp11 snx-01 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 snx-01
min: 2.06 avg: 2.3 median: 2.3 (2%) max: 2.58 fps
specvp11 snx-01 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 2.15 avg: 2.6 median: 2.6 (2%) max: 2.88 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 tcvis-02
min: 2.32 avg: 2.9 median: 2.9 (5%) max: 3.45 fps
specvp11 tcvis-02 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 3.04 avg: 3.7 median: 3.7 (6%) max: 4.24 fps
specvp11 sw-02 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 sw-02
min: 13.26 avg: 15.9 median: 15.7 (19%) max: 18.81 fps
specvp11 sw-02 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 15.83 avg: 18.8 median: 18.8 (23%) max: 21.08 fps
specvp11 proe-05 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 proe-05
min: 1.99 avg: 2.4 median: 2.4 (10%) max: 2.81 fps
specvp11 proe-05 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 2.19 avg: 2.8 median: 2.8 (11%) max: 3.05 fps
specvp11 maya-03 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 maya-03
min: 10.4 avg: 17.4 median: 17.1 (13%) max: 23.97 fps
specvp11 maya-03 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 14.77 avg: 19.6 median: 20.9 (16%) max: 24.52 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 lightwave-01
min: 15.49 avg: 19.4 median: 19.8 (21%) max: 23.36 fps
specvp11 lightwave-01 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 18.73 avg: 22.1 median: 22.6 (24%) max: 24.92 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 11 - specvp11 ensight-04
min: 2.39 avg: 2.9 median: 2.9 (1%) max: 3.3 fps
specvp11 ensight-04 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 2.57 avg: 3.1 median: 3.1 (1%) max: 3.44 fps
SPECviewperf 12
specvp12 sw-03 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03
22.6 fps (10%)
specvp12 sw-03 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 21.24 avg: 25.2 median: 26.5 (12%) max: 27.76 fps
specvp12 snx-02 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02
3 fps (1%)
specvp12 snx-02 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 2.88 avg: 3.3 median: 3.4 (1%) max: 3.54 fps
specvp12 showcase-01 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01
6.1 fps (3%)
specvp12 showcase-01 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 4.34 avg: 5.9 median: 5.9 (2%) max: 7.44 fps
specvp12 mediacal-01 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01
1.7 fps (2%)
specvp12 mediacal-01 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 3.71 avg: 4 median: 3.9 (4%) max: 4.37 fps
specvp12 maya-04 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04
10.9 fps (5%)
specvp12 maya-04 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 9.87 avg: 11.6 median: 11.9 (5%) max: 12.98 fps
specvp12 energy-01 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01
0.1 fps (0%)
specvp12 energy-01 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 0.21 avg: 0.2 median: 0.2 (1%) max: 0.25 fps
specvp12 creo-01 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01
10.2 fps (6%)
specvp12 creo-01 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 10.51 avg: 11.2 median: 11.5 (7%) max: 11.65 fps
specvp12 catia-04 + Intel HD Graphics 520 SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04
11.6 fps (4%)
specvp12 catia-04 + Intel HD Graphics 620 min: 10.97 avg: 12.2 median: 12.9 (4%) max: 12.89 fps
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + Intel HD Graphics 520 Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 4559 avg: 7464 median: 7578 (36%) max: 9184
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