ION 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 ranking1167not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1C7A-ION
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)3 June 2008 (16 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 cores4816
Core clock speed650 MHz450 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHzno data
Number of transistors392 million282 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown20 Watt
Texture fill rate6.9003.600
Floating-point processing power0.1104 TFLOPS0.0352 TFLOPS
ROPs14
TMUs68

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 x16PCI
WidthIGPIGP

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 SharedSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem Shared
Shared memory+no data

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 outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model5.04.0
OpenGL4.03.3
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.80N/A

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 3 June 2008
Chip lithography 22 nm 65 nm

HD Graphics 2500 has an age advantage of 3 years, and a 195.5% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 2500 and ION. We've got no test results to judge.


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