HD Graphics 5000 vs Radeon 520

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between HD Graphics 5000 and Radeon 520, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the HD Graphics 5000 stacks up against Radeon 520, check out specs charts below.

HD Graphics 5000 and Radeon 520 are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: HD Graphics 5000 and Radeon 520 are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with HD Graphics 5000 or Radeon 520 here:

Main Specs

  HD Graphics 5000 Radeon 520
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 50 Watt
Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type System Shared DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
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  • Radeon 520 has 66% more power consumption, than HD Graphics 5000.
  • HD Graphics 5000 is connected by PCIe 1.0 x16, and Radeon 520 uses PCIe 3.0 x8 interface.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • HD Graphics 5000 is build with Gen. 7.5 Haswell architecture, and Radeon 520 - with GCN 1.0.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon 520 is 830 MHz higher, than HD Graphics 5000.
  • HD Graphics 5000 is manufactured by 22 nm process technology, and Radeon 520 - by 28 nm process technology.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 0−1 0−1
ultra / 1080p 0−1
QHD / 1440p 0−1 0−1
low / 720p 10−11 1−2
medium / 1080p 2−3 0−1
The average gaming FPS of HD Graphics 5000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 900% more, than Radeon 520.

Full Specs

  HD Graphics 5000 Radeon 520
Architecture Gen. 7.5 Haswell GCN 1.0
Code name Haswell GT3 Oland
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 5 June 2013 21 March 2017
Pipelines 40 320
Core clock speed 200 MHz 1030 MHz
Boost Clock 1100 MHz
Transistor count 1,300 million 1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 44.00 20.60
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops
Memory bus width 64/128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth 16 GB/s
Shared memory + -
DirectX 12 (11_1) 12.0
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.3 4.6
OpenCL 1.2 1.2
Vulkan 1.1.80 +
Quick Sync +
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