HD Graphics 2500 vs Radeon Pro Vega 64
Aggregated performance score
Radeon Pro Vega 64 outperforms HD Graphics 2500 by 4832% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary Details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 148 | 1133 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation | 2.01 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge (2011−2012) |
| GPU code name | Vega 10 | Ivy Bridge GT1 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 27 June 2017 (6 years ago) | 1 April 2012 (12 years ago) |
| Current price | $6074 | $521 |
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
Pro Vega 64 and HD Graphics 2500 have a nearly equal value for money.
Detailed Specifications
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 | 6 |
| Core clock speed | 1250 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | 1150 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 12,500 million | 392 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 22 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | unknown |
| Texture fill rate | 345.6 | 6.900 |
| Floating-point performance | 11,059 gflops | 13.8 gflops |
Form Factor & Compatibility
Information on Radeon Pro Vega 64 and HD Graphics 2500 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.
| Laptop size | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| 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 | HBM2 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 2048 Bit | 64/128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1572 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 402.4 GB/s | no data |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API Compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 11.1 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.125 | 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 | 350−400
+4275%
| 8
−4275%
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Pros & Cons Summary
| Performance score | 33.54 | 0.68 |
| Recency | 27 June 2017 | 1 April 2012 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | System Shared |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 22 nm |
The Radeon Pro Vega 64 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 2500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon Pro Vega 64 is a workstation card while HD Graphics 2500 is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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