HD Graphics 2500 and GeForce GT 520M - video card comparison
HD Graphics 2500
GeForce GT 520M
Architecture
Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012)
Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name
Ivy Bridge GT1
N12P-GP/LV
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
April 2012
January 2011
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
-
None
Boost clock speed
1150 MHz
-
Core clock speed
650 MHz
740 / 600 MHz
CUDA cores
-
48
Floating-point performance
13.8 gflops
129.02 gflops
Manufacturing process technology
22 nm
40 nm
Number of transistors
392 million
585 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
6
48
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
12 Watt
Texture fill rate
6.900
5.9 billion/sec
Memory type
System Shared
DDR3
Maximum RAM amount
System Shared
1536 MB
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
System Shared
800 MHz
Memory bandwidth
-
12.8 GB/s
Shared memory
+
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
11.1 (11_0)
12 API
CUDA
-
+
OpenCL
1.2
1.1
OpenGL
4.0
4.5
Shader Model
5.0
5.1
Vulkan
1.1.80
N/A
Optimus
-
+