HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1) vs GeForce 9600 GT
Summary
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1) |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
Reasons to consider GeForce 9600 GT |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Tesla), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
| PhysX support, however PhysX performance on newest games may be poor |
HWBench recommends GeForce 9600 GT
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1) | | GeForce 9600 GT | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ivy Bridge GT1 () | vs | G94 (G94-300-A1) |
| Fab Process | 22 nm | vs | 65 nm |
| Die Size | 118 mm² | vs | 240 mm² |
| Transistors | 392 million | vs | 505 million |
| Shaders | 6 | vs | 64 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 4 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 650 MHz |
| ROPs | 1 | vs | 16 |
| TMUs | 1 | vs | 32 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1) | | GeForce 9600 GT | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | GDDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 512 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1) | | GeForce 9600 GT | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 95 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2012 | vs | 21 Feb 2008 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better