Intel HD Graphics 630 vs Intel HD Graphics 2500

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 630 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 630

Intel HD Graphics 2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 630

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
24x more texture fill rate: 27.6 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 24 vs 6
32x better floating-point performance: 441.6 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 22 nm
18.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4554 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 August 2016 vs 1 April 2012
Texture fill rate	27.6 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	24 vs 6
Floating-point performance	441.6 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	4554 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 630
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4554

249

Name	Intel HD Graphics 630	Intel HD Graphics 2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	1114
PassMark - G2D Mark	268
Geekbench - OpenCL	4554	249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	27.948
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	312.246
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	20.404
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	32.567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1945
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1859
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1945
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3344
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	388	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel HD Graphics 630	Intel HD Graphics 2500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Generation 7.0
Code name	Kaby Lake GT2	Ivy Bridge GT1
Launch date	30 August 2016	1 April 2012
Place in performance rating	1216	1710
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	350 MHz	650 MHz
Floating-point performance	441.6 gflops	13.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	24	6
Texture fill rate	27.6 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