HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) vs GeForce GT 520
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider GeForce GT 520 |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 520
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) | | GeForce GT 520 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Broadwell GT2 () | vs | GF119 (GF119-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 49 mm² | vs | 79 mm² |
| Transistors | 189 million | vs | 292 million |
| Shaders | 24 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 100 MHz | vs | 810 MHz |
| ROPs | 1 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 4 | vs | 8 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) | | GeForce GT 520 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1024 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 5500 (Broadwell GT2) | | GeForce GT 520 | |
|---|
| TDP | 15 watts | vs | 29 watts |
| Release Date | 5 Sep 2014 | vs | 13 Apr 2011 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better