HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1) vs GeForce GT 420 OEM
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 GT 420 OEM |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Fermi), there are no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce GT 420 OEM
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1) | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Ivy Bridge GT1 () | vs | GF108 (GF108-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 22 nm | vs | 40 nm |
| Die Size | 118 mm² | vs | 116 mm² |
| Transistors | 392 million | vs | 585 million |
| Shaders | 6 | vs | 48 |
| Compute Units | 0 | vs | 1 |
| Core clock | 650 MHz | vs | 700 MHz |
| ROPs | 1 | vs | 4 |
| TMUs | 1 | vs | 4 |
Memory Configuration
| HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1) | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | vs | DDR3 |
| Bus Width | System Shared | vs | 128 bit |
| Memory Speed | System Shared | vs | 900 MHz
1800 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 0 Mb | vs | 1048 Mb |
Additional details
| HD Graphics 2500 (Ivy Bridge GT1) | | GeForce GT 420 OEM | |
|---|
| TDP | 0 watts | vs | 50 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2012 | vs | 3 Sep 2010 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better