Intel HD Graphics 530 vs Intel HD Graphics 2500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 530 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. 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 530

Intel HD Graphics 2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
21.9x more texture fill rate: 25.2 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 24 vs 6
29.2x better floating-point performance: 403.2 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 22 nm
17.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4397 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 September 2015 vs 1 April 2012
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	24 vs 6
Floating-point performance	403.2 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4397 vs 249

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

Around 86% higher core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 350 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 350 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4397

249

Name	Intel HD Graphics 530	Intel HD Graphics 2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	995
PassMark - G2D Mark	254
Geekbench - OpenCL	4397	249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	30.747
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	330.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.781
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	30.177
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2393
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3346
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1045
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2393
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3346
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	384	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 530	Intel HD Graphics 2500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.0	Generation 7.0
Code name	Skylake GT2	Ivy Bridge GT1
Launch date	1 September 2015	1 April 2012
Place in performance rating	1248	1710
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	403.2 gflops	13.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	24	6
Texture fill rate	25.2 GTexel / s	1.15 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	392 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (12_1)	11.1 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.0
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB
Memory bus width	64 / 128 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory type	DDR3L / LPDDR3 / LPDDR4
Shared memory	1	1