HD Graphics 2500 vs Quadro K420

Place in the ranking	908	1176
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.08	no data
Power efficiency	3.22	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Generation 7.0 (2012−2013)
GPU code name	GK107	Ivy Bridge GT1
Market segment	Workstation	Desktop
Release date	22 July 2014 (10 years ago)	1 April 2012 (12 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$96.67	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	192	48
Core clock speed	876 MHz	650 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1150 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	392 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	41 Watt	unknown
Texture fill rate	14.02	6.900
Floating-point processing power	0.3364 TFLOPS	0.1104 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	1
TMUs	16	6

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 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	160 mm	no data
Width	1" (2.5 cm)	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	128 Bit	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB/2 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	891 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	Up to 29 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no 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 Connectors	1x DVI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Number of simultaneous displays	4	no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Desktop Management	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	11.1 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.0
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.1.80
CUDA	3.0	-

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

21−24
+163%

−163%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

4.60

no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Fortnite	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
World of Tanks	12 +0%	12 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
World of Tanks	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Valorant	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%