Radeon R7 (Carrizo) and HD Graphics 520 - video card comparison
Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
HD Graphics 520
Architecture
GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)
Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)
GPU code name
Carrizo
Skylake GT2
Market segment
Laptop
Laptop
Release date
June 2015
September 2015
Interface
-
PCIe 3.0 x1
Boost clock speed
800 MHz
1050 MHz
Core clock speed
-
300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
14 nm
Number of transistors
2410 Million
189 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
24
Power consumption (TDP)
12-35 Watt
15 Watt
Texture fill rate
-
25.20
Memory type
-
DDR3L/LPDDR3/DDR4
Maximum RAM amount
-
32 GB
Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed
-
System Shared
Shared memory
+
+
Display Connectors
-
No outputs
DirectX
12 (FL 12_0)
12 (12_1)
OpenCL
-
2.1
OpenGL
-
4.6
Shader Model
-
6.4
Vulkan
-
+
Quick Sync
-
+