Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
HD Graphics 2500 vs HD Graphics 2000
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | 1134 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) | Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge | Ivy Bridge GT1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 February 2011 (13 years old) | 1 April 2012 (12 years old) |
| Current price | $318 | $521 |
Value for money
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Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 6 | 6 |
| Core clock speed | 850/1100 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | 1150 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 189 million | 392 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | unknown | unknown |
| Texture fill rate | 8.100 | 6.900 |
| Floating-point performance | 10.2 gflops | 13.8 gflops |
Size and compatibility
Information on HD Graphics 2000 and HD Graphics 2500 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | System Shared |
| Shared memory | + | + |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API support
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 11.1 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.1 | 4.0 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.80 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
3DMark Vantage Performance
3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.
Benchmark coverage: 17%
HD Graphics 2500 outperforms HD Graphics 2000 by 116% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 1 February 2011 | 1 April 2012 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 22 nm |
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 2000 and HD Graphics 2500. We've got no test results to judge.
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