HD Graphics 520 and GT215 - video card comparison

HD Graphics 520

GT215

Architecture

Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)

Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)

GPU code name

Skylake GT2

GT215

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

September 2015

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Interface

PCIe 3.0 x1

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Boost clock speed

1050 MHz

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Core clock speed

300 MHz

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Manufacturing process technology

14 nm

40 nm

Number of transistors

189 million

727 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

24

96

Power consumption (TDP)

15 Watt

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Texture fill rate

25.20

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Memory type

DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4

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Maximum RAM amount

32 GB

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Memory bus width

64/128 Bit

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Memory clock speed

System Shared

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Shared memory

+

-

Display Connectors

No outputs

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DirectX

12 (12_1)

11.1 (10_1)

CUDA

-

1.2

OpenCL

2.1

1.1

OpenGL

4.6

3.3

Shader Model

6.4

4.1

Vulkan

+

N/A

PureVideo HD

-

VP4

Quick Sync

+

-