GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs HD Graphics 2500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1167not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1AD103
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores489728
Core clock speed650 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHz1455 MHz
Number of transistors392 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown80 Watt
Texture fill rate6.900442.3
Floating-point processing power0.1104 TFLOPS28.31 TFLOPS
ROPs1112
TMUs6304
Tensor Coresno data304
Ray Tracing Coresno data76

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared16 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.801.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 3 January 2023
Chip lithography 22 nm 4 nm

RTX 4090 Max-Q has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 2500 and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 2500 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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Intel HD Graphics 2500
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