HD Graphics 500 vs GeForce GT 610 PCI

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated1145
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data8.91
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Generation 9.0 (2015−2016)
GPU code nameGF119Apollo Lake GT1
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date2 April 2012 (12 years ago)1 September 2015 (9 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores4896
Core clock speed810 MHz200 MHz
Boost clock speedno data650 MHz
Number of transistors292 million189 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate6.4807.800
Floating-point processing power0.1555 TFLOPS0.1248 TFLOPS
ROPs42
TMUs812

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIRing Bus
Length168 mmno data
Width1-slotIGP
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount512 MB8 GB
Memory bus width64 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed667 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth10.67 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGAPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Syncno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA2.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 April 2012 1 September 2015
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 10 Watt

HD Graphics 500 has an age advantage of 3 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 190% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 610 PCI and HD Graphics 500. We've got no test results to judge.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce GT 610 PCI
GeForce GT 610 PCI
Intel HD Graphics 500
HD Graphics 500

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.1 21 vote

Rate GeForce GT 610 PCI on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
2.9 676 votes

Rate HD Graphics 500 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.