Intel HD Graphics 2500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 2500 and NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Intel HD Graphics 2500

NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 42% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 459 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 80 nm

Launch date	1 April 2012 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 459 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 80 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

3.2x more texture fill rate: 3.67 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 8 vs 6
Around 6% better floating-point performance: 14.688 gflops vs 13.8 gflops

Texture fill rate	3.67 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	8 vs 6
Floating-point performance	14.688 gflops vs 13.8 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS

Name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Geekbench - OpenCL	249
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G3D Mark		115
PassMark - G2D Mark		111
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		441
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		441

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 2500	NVIDIA GeForce 8300 GS
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Tesla
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	G86
Launch date	1 April 2012	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	1710	1549
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	459 MHz
Floating-point performance	13.8 gflops	14.688 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	80 nm
Pipelines	6	8
Texture fill rate	1.15 GTexel / s	3.67 GTexel / s
Transistor count	392 million	210 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		40 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.0	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		128 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2