Intel HD Graphics 4000 vs Intel HD Graphics 2500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4000 and Intel HD Graphics 2500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Intel HD Graphics 2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4000

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
3.7x more texture fill rate: 4.2 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
2.7x more pipelines: 16 vs 6
2.4x better floating-point performance: 33.6 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
2.2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 538 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 May 2012 vs 1 April 2012
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	16 vs 6
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	538 vs 249

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4000
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

538

249

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Intel HD Graphics 2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	347
PassMark - G2D Mark	194
Geekbench - OpenCL	538	249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.712
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	155.638
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.931
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	7.36
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.009
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2392
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	754
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1492
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2392
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Intel HD Graphics 2500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.0	Generation 7.0
Code name	Ivy Bridge GT2	Ivy Bridge GT1
Launch date	14 May 2012	1 April 2012
Place in performance rating	1501	1710
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	650 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	33.6 gflops	13.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	16	6
Texture fill rate	4.2 GTexel / s	1.15 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,200 million	392 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	11.1 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.0	4.0
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory	1	1
Technologies
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