Intel HD Graphics 4600 vs Intel HD Graphics 2500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 4600 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 4600

Intel HD Graphics 2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 4600

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1250 MHz vs 1150 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 5 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
3.3x more pipelines: 20 vs 6
3.6x better floating-point performance: 50 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
12.9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 3210 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 June 2013 vs 1 April 2012
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	20 vs 6
Floating-point performance	50 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	3210 vs 249

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Around 63% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 400 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 400 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 4600
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3210

249

Name	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel HD Graphics 2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	630
PassMark - G2D Mark	314
Geekbench - OpenCL	3210	249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	8.844
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	171.17
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.115
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	10.385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	12.361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	988
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1702
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2808
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	194	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 4600	Intel HD Graphics 2500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 7.5	Generation 7.0
Code name	Haswell GT2	Ivy Bridge GT1
Launch date	3 June 2013	1 April 2012
Place in performance rating	1359	1710
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1250 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	400 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	50 gflops	13.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	20	6
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	1.15 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt
Transistor count	392 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	12.0 (11_1)	11.1 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.3	4.0
Memory
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory	1	1
Technologies
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