Quadro NVS 295 vs HD Graphics 2500

Place in the ranking	1174	1361
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	0.73
Architecture	Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)	Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code name	Ivy Bridge GT1	G98
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	1 April 2012 (12 years ago)	7 May 2009 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$54.50

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 cores	48	8
Core clock speed	650 MHz	540 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	392 million	210 million
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	6.900	4.320
Floating-point processing power	0.1104 TFLOPS	0.0208 TFLOPS
ROPs	1	4
TMUs	6	8

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).

Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	no data	168 mm
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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 type	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	256 MB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	695 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	11.12 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

2x DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (11_0)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	5.0	4.0
OpenGL	4.0	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.80	N/A
CUDA	-	1.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

7
+250%

2−3

−250%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

27.25

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
+200%

1−2

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +200%	10−11 −200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +200%	10−11 −200%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +267%	3−4 −267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 +200%	10−11 −200%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Hitman 3	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3	0−1