Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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 ranking1167not rated
Place by popularity91not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1Vega 10
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)1 June 2018 (6 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 cores483584
Core clock speed650 MHz1138 MHz
Boost clock speed1150 MHz1301 MHz
Number of transistors392 million12,500 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown120 Watt
Texture fill rate6.900291.4
Floating-point processing power0.1104 TFLOPS9.326 TFLOPS
ROPs164
TMUs6224

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
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedHBM2
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared2048 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared800 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data409.6 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_1)
Shader Model5.06.4
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.801.1.125

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 1 June 2018
Chip lithography 22 nm 14 nm

RX Vega 56 Mobile has an age advantage of 6 years, and a 57.1% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 2500 and Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics 2500 is a desktop card while Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile is a notebook one.


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Intel HD Graphics 2500
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