Intel HD Graphics 2500 vs NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 2500 and NVIDIA GeForce G100 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 G100 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 20% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 540 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 65 nm

Launch date	1 April 2012 vs 10 March 2009
Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 540 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 65 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

3.8x more texture fill rate: 4.32 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 8 vs 6
Around 51% better floating-point performance: 20.8 gflops vs 13.8 gflops

Texture fill rate	4.32 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	8 vs 6
Floating-point performance	20.8 gflops vs 13.8 gflops

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 2500
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM

Name	Intel HD Graphics 2500	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
Geekbench - OpenCL	249
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0
PassMark - G2D Mark		63
PassMark - G3D Mark		176
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		593
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		593

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 2500	NVIDIA GeForce G100 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Tesla
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	G98
Launch date	1 April 2012	10 March 2009
Place in performance rating	1710	1628
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	540 MHz
Floating-point performance	13.8 gflops	20.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	6	8
Texture fill rate	1.15 GTexel / s	4.32 GTexel / s
Transistor count	392 million	210 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		35 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x S-Video
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)	10.0
OpenGL	4.0	3.3
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 Bit
Shared memory	1
Maximum RAM amount		256 MB
Memory bandwidth		6.4 GB / s
Memory clock speed		800 MHz
Memory type		DDR2