GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition vs HD Graphics 2500

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1238not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Maxwell (2014−2017)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1GM107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (13 years ago)13 March 2015 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores48640
Core clock speed650 MHz993 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHz1124 MHz
Number of transistors392 million1,870 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown75 Watt
Texture fill rate6.90044.96
Floating-point processing power0.1104 TFLOPS1.439 TFLOPS
ROPs116
TMUs640
L1 Cacheno data320 KB
L2 Cacheno data2 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16MXM-B (3.0)
WidthIGPno data

VRAM capacity and type

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 typeSystem SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared900 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.8 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 (11_0)
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.801.1.126
CUDA-5.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 13 March 2015
Chip lithography 22 nm 28 nm

HD Graphics 2500 has a 27.3% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 950M Mac Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 2500 and GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 2500 is a desktop graphics card while GeForce GTX 950M Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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