HD Graphics 2500 vs Radeon 8050S
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Radeon 8050S with HD Graphics 2500, including specs and performance data.
8050S outperforms HD Graphics 2500 by a whopping 5813% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 126 | 1216 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) | Generation 7.0 (2012−2013) |
| GPU code name | Strix Point | Ivy Bridge GT1 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 2025 (recently) | 1 April 2012 (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 cores | 2048 | 48 |
| Core clock speed | 1295 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2335 MHz | 1150 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 34,000 million | 392 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | unknown |
| Texture fill rate | 298.9 | 6.900 |
| Floating-point processing power | 9.564 TFLOPS | 0.1104 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 1 |
| TMUs | 128 | 6 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 32 | no 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).
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no 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 type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | System Shared |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 11.1 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.1.80 |
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 | 450−500
+5525%
| 8
−5525%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Dead Island 2 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Dead Island 2 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 12
+0%
|
12
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Dead Island 2 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Dead Island 2 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 12−14
+0%
|
12−14
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+0%
|
8−9
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
+0%
|
27−30
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Dead Island 2 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
4K
High Preset
| Dead Island 2 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Valorant | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Dead Island 2 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
This is how Radeon 8050S and HD Graphics 2500 compete in popular games:
- Radeon 8050S is 5525% faster in 1080p
All in all, in popular games:
- there's a draw in 35 tests (100%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 39.62 | 0.67 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 22 nm |
Radeon 8050S has a 5813.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 450% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon 8050S is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 2500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon 8050S is a notebook card while HD Graphics 2500 is a desktop one.
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