RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs HD Graphics 2500

Place in the ranking	1179	3
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	21.75
Architecture	Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	AD102
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	1 April 2012 (12 years ago)	5 January 2024 (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 cores	48	14080
Core clock speed	650 MHz	975 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	2460 MHz
Number of transistors	392 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	285 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.900	1,082
Floating-point processing power	0.1104 TFLOPS	69.27 TFLOPS
ROPs	1	176
TMUs	6	440
Tensor Cores	no data	440
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	110

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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	267 mm
Width	IGP	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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 type	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	48 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	864.0 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 Connectors

No outputs

4x DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.0	6.8
OpenGL	4.0	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.80	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−12400%

1000−1050
+12400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −12400%	750−800 +12400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −12400%	750−800 +12400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −12757%	900−950 +12757%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −12900%	650−700 +12900%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −12400%	750−800 +12400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −12400%	1000−1050 +12400%
Fortnite	1−2 −12900%	130−140 +12900%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −12757%	900−950 +12757%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −12678%	1150−1200 +12678%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −12900%	650−700 +12900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −12900%	650−700 +12900%
World of Tanks	12 −12817%	1550−1600 +12817%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	6−7 −12400%	750−800 +12400%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −12400%	1000−1050 +12400%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −12757%	900−950 +12757%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −12678%	1150−1200 +12678%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
World of Tanks	2−3 −12900%	260−270 +12900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −12869%	4150−4200 +12869%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −11567%	350−400 +11567%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −12400%	500−550 +12400%
Valorant	5−6 −12900%	650−700 +12900%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −12900%	1950−2000 +12900%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −12900%	1950−2000 +12900%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 −12900%	260−270 +12900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −12900%	1950−2000 +12900%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −12900%	260−270 +12900%
Dota 2	14−16 −12900%	1950−2000 +12900%
Valorant	1−2 −12900%	130−140 +12900%

This is how HD Graphics 2500 and RTX 5880 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 12400% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.69	89.93
Recency	1 April 2012	5 January 2024
Chip lithography	22 nm	5 nm

RTX 5880 Ada Generation has a 12933.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 340% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 5880 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 2500 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 2500 is a desktop card while RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.