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HD Graphics 520
General Info
Type IGP
DesignerIntel
ManufacturerIntel
IntroductionJuly 26, 2015 (launched)
CodenameSkylake GT2
FamilyHD Graphics
Microarchitecture
MicroarchitectureGen9
Execution Units24
Frequency
0.35 GHz
350,000 kHz
350 MHz
Process14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
TechnologyCMOS
Max Memory
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
32 GiB

HD Graphics 520 is an integrated graphics processor introduced by Intel in 2015 for their mainstream mobile Skylake-based microprocessors. This GPU is Skylake's mid-tier GPU incorporating 24 execution units. The 520 GPU is found in mainstream mobile (Skylake U) processors.

Features[edit]

Main article: Skylake § Graphics

All models support the following features:

  • Support for up to three independent displays via HDMI 1.4, DisplayPort (DP) 1.2, an Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) 1.3 interfaces.
  • Quick Sync Video
  • Clear Video
  • Clear Video HD
  • InTru 3D

Standards[edit]

Graphics API Standard
Vulkan Direct3D OpenGL OpenCL
Windows Linux Windows Linux HLSL Windows Linux Windows Linux
1.0 12 N/A 5.1 4.4 4.5 2.1 2.0

Hardware Accelerated Video[edit]

[Edit] Skylake (Gen9) Hardware Accelerated Video Capabilities
Codec Encode Decode
Profiles Levels Max Resolution Profiles Levels Max Resolution
MPEG-2 (H.262) Main High 1080p (FHD) Main Main, High 1080p (FHD)
MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) High, Main 5.1 2160p (4K) Main, High, SHP, MHP 5.1 2160p (4K)
JPEG/MJPEG Baseline - 16k x 16k Baseline Unified 16k x 16k
HEVC (H.265) Main 5.1 2160p (4K) Main, Main 10 5.1 2160p (4K)
VC-1 Advanced, Main, Simple 3, High 3840x3840
VP8 Unified Unified - 0 Unified 1080p
VP9 0 Unified 2160p (4K)

Performance[edit]

See also: All Skylake GPUs Performance
Frequency Peak Performance
Half Precision Single Precision Double Precision
Ref (FLOP/clk) 768/cycle 384/cycle 96/cycle
Base (300 MHz) 230.4 GFLOPS 115.2 GFLOPS 28.8 GFLOPS
Boost (900 MHz) 691.2 GFLOPS 345.6 GFLOPS 86.4 GFLOPS
Boost (1,000 MHz) 768 GFLOPS 384 GFLOPS 96 GFLOPS
Boost (1,050 MHz) 806.4 GFLOPS 403.2 GFLOPS 100.8 GFLOPS

Processors with HD Graphics 520[edit]

 List of Processors with HD Graphics 520
 Main processorIGP
ModelLaunchedPriceFamilyCoresThreadsL3$TDPFrequencyTurboMax MemGPUFrequencyTurbo
i3-6006U10 November 2016$ 281.00
€ 252.90
£ 227.61
¥ 29,035.73
Core i3243 MiB
3,072 KiB
3,145,728 B
0.00293 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
2 GHz
2,000 MHz
2,000,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
HD Graphics 520300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
900 MHz
0.9 GHz
900,000 KHz
i3-6100U27 September 2015$ 281.00
€ 252.90
£ 227.61
¥ 29,035.73
Core i3243 MiB
3,072 KiB
3,145,728 B
0.00293 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
2.3 GHz
2,300 MHz
2,300,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
HD Graphics 520300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
1,000 MHz
1 GHz
1,000,000 KHz
i5-6200U27 September 2015$ 281.00
€ 252.90
£ 227.61
¥ 29,035.73
Core i5243 MiB
3,072 KiB
3,145,728 B
0.00293 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
2.3 GHz
2,300 MHz
2,300,000 kHz
2.8 GHz
2,800 MHz
2,800,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
HD Graphics 520300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
1,000 MHz
1 GHz
1,000,000 KHz
i5-6300U27 September 2015$ 281.00
€ 252.90
£ 227.61
¥ 29,035.73
Core i5243 MiB
3,072 KiB
3,145,728 B
0.00293 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
2.4 GHz
2,400 MHz
2,400,000 kHz
3 GHz
3,000 MHz
3,000,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
HD Graphics 520300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
1,000 MHz
1 GHz
1,000,000 KHz
i7-6500U27 September 2015$ 393.00
€ 353.70
£ 318.33
¥ 40,608.69
Core i7244 MiB
4,096 KiB
4,194,304 B
0.00391 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
2.5 GHz
2,500 MHz
2,500,000 kHz
3.1 GHz
3,100 MHz
3,100,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
HD Graphics 520300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
1,050 MHz
1.05 GHz
1,050,000 KHz
i7-6600U27 September 2015$ 393.00
€ 353.70
£ 318.33
¥ 40,608.69
Core i7244 MiB
4,096 KiB
4,194,304 B
0.00391 GiB
15 W
15,000 mW
0.0201 hp
0.015 kW
2.6 GHz
2,600 MHz
2,600,000 kHz
3.4 GHz
3,400 MHz
3,400,000 kHz
32 GiB
32,768 MiB
33,554,432 KiB
34,359,738,368 B
0.0313 TiB
HD Graphics 520300 MHz
0.3 GHz
300,000 KHz
1,050 MHz
1.05 GHz
1,050,000 KHz
Count: 6

External links[edit]

base frequency350 MHz (0.35 GHz, 350,000 kHz) +
codenameSkylake GT2 +
designerIntel +
drivers urlhttps://downloadcenter.intel.com/product/88355 +
execution units24 +
familyHD Graphics +
first launchedJuly 26, 2015 +
full page nameintel/hd graphics/520 +
instance ofintegrated graphics processor +
ldateJuly 26, 2015 +
manufacturerIntel +
max memory32,768 MiB (33,554,432 KiB, 34,359,738,368 B, 32 GiB, 0.0313 TiB) +
microarchitectureGen9 +
nameHD Graphics 520 +
process14 nm (0.014 μm, 1.4e-5 mm) +
technologyCMOS +