NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) vs Intel HD Graphics 2500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop) and Intel HD Graphics 2500 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, API support, Memory, Technologies, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements. 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Intel HD Graphics 2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 89% higher core clock speed: 1228 MHz vs 650 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1150 MHz
64x more pipelines: 384 vs 6
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 22 nm
39.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9864 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	17 May 2017 vs 1 April 2012
Core clock speed	1228 MHz vs 650 MHz
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Pipelines	384 vs 6
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	9864 vs 249

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9864

249

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	Intel HD Graphics 2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	2433
PassMark - G2D Mark	442
Geekbench - OpenCL	9864	249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	36.898
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	170.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.373
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	160.823
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3331
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3629
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3684
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3331
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	35	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)	Intel HD Graphics 2500
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Generation 7.0
Code name	N17P-G1	Ivy Bridge GT1
Launch date	17 May 2017	1 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$69.99
Place in performance rating	874	1710
Price now	$59.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	63.91
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1670 MHz	1150 MHz
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Pipelines	384	6
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt
Floating-point performance		13.8 gflops
Texture fill rate		1.15 GTexel / s
Transistor count		392 million
Video outputs and ports
G-SYNC support
Display Connectors		No outputs
API support
DirectX	12_1	11.1 (11_0)
Vulkan
OpenGL		4.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	1
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface		PCIe 1.0 x16
Laptop size		large