Intel HD Graphics 2500 vs ATI Radeon X800 XL

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 2500 and ATI Radeon X800 XL videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark.

Intel HD Graphics 2500

ATI Radeon X800 XL

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 110 nm

Launch date	1 April 2012 vs 1 December 2004
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 400 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 110 nm

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon X800 XL

5.6x more texture fill rate: 6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	6.4 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU 2: ATI Radeon X800 XL

Name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	ATI Radeon X800 XL
Geekbench - OpenCL	249
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		69
PassMark - G2D Mark		271

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 2500	ATI Radeon X800 XL
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	R400
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	R430
Launch date	1 April 2012	1 December 2004
Place in performance rating	1710	652
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	400 MHz
Floating-point performance	13.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	110 nm
Pipelines	6
Texture fill rate	1.15 GTexel / s	6.4 GTexel / s
Transistor count	392 million	160 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		49 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	9.0b
OpenGL	4.0	2.0
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	256 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		31.36 GB / s
Memory clock speed		980 MHz
Memory type		GDDR3