Intel HD Graphics 2500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 2500 and NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics 2500

NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 589 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 40 nm

Launch date	1 April 2012 vs 3 September 2010
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 589 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 40 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

4.1x more texture fill rate: 4.71 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 16 vs 6
3.3x better floating-point performance: 44.86 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
11.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2795 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	4.71 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 6
Floating-point performance	44.86 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2795 vs 249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

249

2795

Name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	249	2795
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G2D Mark		55
PassMark - G3D Mark		118
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		1017
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		1017

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 2500	NVIDIA GeForce 405 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	GT218
Launch date	1 April 2012	3 September 2010
Place in performance rating	1710	1637
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	589 MHz
Floating-point performance	13.8 gflops	44.86 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	6	16
Texture fill rate	1.15 GTexel / s	4.71 GTexel / s
Transistor count	392 million	260 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		25 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Length		168 mm
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	10.1
OpenGL	4.0	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		512 MB
Memory bandwidth		12.64 GB / s
Memory clock speed		1580 MHz
Memory type		DDR3