Radeon RX 470D vs HD Graphics 2500

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1170not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1Ellesmere
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)21 October 2016 (8 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 cores481792
Core clock speed650 MHz926 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHz1206 MHz
Number of transistors392 million5,700 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown120 Watt
Texture fill rate6.900135.1
Floating-point processing power0.1104 TFLOPS4.322 TFLOPS
ROPs132
TMUs6112

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data241 mm
WidthIGP2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 6-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1650 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data211.2 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.801.2.131

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 21 October 2016
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm

RX 470D has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 2500 and Radeon RX 470D. We've got no test results to judge.


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Intel HD Graphics 2500
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