Intel UHD Graphics 610 vs Intel HD Graphics 2500

Comparative analysis of Intel UHD Graphics 610 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Intel UHD Graphics 610

Intel HD Graphics 2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel UHD Graphics 610

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 0 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 22 nm
10.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 2697 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 1 April 2012
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	2697 vs 249

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

2.2x more core clock speed: 650 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1150 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Core clock speed	650 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz vs 1050 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel UHD Graphics 610
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2697

249

Name	Intel UHD Graphics 610	Intel HD Graphics 2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	693
PassMark - G2D Mark	171
Geekbench - OpenCL	2697	249
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1071
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1071
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1241
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1241
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1699
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1699
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel UHD Graphics 610	Intel HD Graphics 2500
Essentials
Architecture	Generation 9.5	Generation 7.0
Code name	Coffee Lake GT1	Ivy Bridge GT1
Launch date	3 April 2018	1 April 2012
Place in performance rating	1350	1710
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1050 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	300 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt
Transistor count	189 million	392 million
Floating-point performance		13.8 gflops
Pipelines		6
Texture fill rate		1.15 GTexel / s
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	4.6	4.0
Memory
Memory bus width		64 / 128 Bit
Shared memory		1