Intel HD Graphics 500 vs Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 500 and Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge) 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 500

Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 500

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 11 month(s) later
2x more pipelines: 12 vs 6
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 22 nm

Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 October 2012
Pipelines	12 vs 6
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Around 75% higher core clock speed: 350 MHz vs 200 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 750 MHz

Core clock speed	350 MHz vs 200 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz vs 750 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 500
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)

Name	Intel HD Graphics 500	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
PassMark - G3D Mark	299
PassMark - G2D Mark	80
Geekbench - OpenCL	905
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	3.525
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	35.665
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.215
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	2.987
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	4.154
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1122
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	488
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1122
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		294

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 500	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Ivy Bridge
Code name	Apollo Lake GT1	Ivy Bridge GT1
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 October 2012
Place in performance rating	1652	1653
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	750 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	200 MHz	350 MHz
Floating-point performance	144.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	12	6
Texture fill rate	9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt
Transistor count	189 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.0
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4
Shared memory	1	1
Technologies
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