Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 vs HD Graphics 2500

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1172not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)PowerVR SGX5 (2008−2011)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1Cedar Trail
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)1 November 2011 (13 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 cores484
Core clock speed650 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1150 MHz640 MHz
Number of transistors392 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology22 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknownno data
Texture fill rate6.900no data
Floating-point processing power0.1104 TFLOPSno data
ROPs1no data
TMUs6no data

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 x16no data
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 Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)no data
Shader Model5.0no data
OpenGL4.0no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.80-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 1 November 2011
Chip lithography 22 nm 32 nm

HD Graphics 2500 has an age advantage of 5 months, and a 45.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 2500 and Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 2500 is a desktop card while Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650 is a notebook one.


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Intel HD Graphics 2500
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