NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 vs Intel HD Graphics 2500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 710 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

Intel HD Graphics 2500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 710

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 47% higher core clock speed: 954 MHz vs 650 MHz
13.3x more texture fill rate: 15.26 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 192 vs 6
26.5x better floating-point performance: 366.3 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
7.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 1946 vs 249

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	27 March 2014 vs 1 April 2012
Core clock speed	954 MHz vs 650 MHz
Texture fill rate	15.26 GTexel / s vs 1.15 GTexel / s
Pipelines	192 vs 6
Floating-point performance	366.3 gflops vs 13.8 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	1946 vs 249

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 2500

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 22 nm vs 28 nm

Manufacturing process technology	22 nm vs 28 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
GPU 2: Intel HD Graphics 2500

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

1946

249

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710	Intel HD Graphics 2500
PassMark - G3D Mark	623
PassMark - G2D Mark	212
Geekbench - OpenCL	1946	249
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	6.705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	100.391
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.441
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	8.146
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	20.64
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1833
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	977
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1494
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1833
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	192	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 710	Intel HD Graphics 2500
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Generation 7.0
Code name	GK208B	Ivy Bridge GT1
Launch date	27 March 2014	1 April 2012
Launch price (MSRP)	$34.99
Place in performance rating	1488	1710
Price now	$34.99
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Value for money (0-100)	23.15
Technical info
Core clock speed	954 MHz	650 MHz
CUDA cores	192
Floating-point performance	366.3 gflops	13.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Maximum GPU temperature	95 °C
Pipelines	192	6
Texture fill rate	15.26 GTexel / s	1.15 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	19 Watt
Transistor count	292 million	392 million
Boost clock speed		1150 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Audio input for HDMI	Internal
Display Connectors	Dual Link DVI-DHDMIVGA, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
HDCP
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 2.0
Height	2.713" (6.9 cm)
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	5.7" (14.5 cm)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.1 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 / 128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1.8 GB/s
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory		1
Technologies
3D Vision
Adaptive VSync
CUDA
FXAA
PhysX
PureVideo