Intel HD Graphics 2500
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Intel HD Graphics 2500
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between Intel HD Graphics 2500  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS.

967
Place in performance rating
not rated
Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge
Architecture
Tesla
Ivy Bridge GT1
Code name
no data
Laptop
Type
no data
1 April 2012 (9 years ago)
Release date
17 April 2007 (14 years ago)
$521
Price now
$3.19
0.01
Value for money
no data
Ivy Bridge GT1
GPU code name
G84
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between Intel HD Graphics 2500  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

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Pipelines
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650 MHz
Core clock speed
540 MHz
1150 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
392 million
Transistor count
no data
22 nm
Manufacturing process technology
80 nm
6.900
Texture fill rate
4.320
13.8 gflops
Floating-point performance
38.08 gflops
6
Pipelines / CUDA cores
16
1150 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
392 million
Number of transistors
289 million
no data
Thermal design power (TDP)
47 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards Intel HD Graphics 2500 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 1.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16
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Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between Intel HD Graphics 2500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS.

System Shared
Memory type
DDR2
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Maximum RAM amount
512 MB
64/128 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
800 MHz
no data
Memory bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
+
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between Intel HD Graphics 2500 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders Intel HD Graphics 2500 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

11.1 (11_0)
DirectX
no data
4.0
OpenGL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for Intel HD Graphics 2500 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the Intel HD Graphics 2500 or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) Intel HD Graphics 2500
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Death Stranding (2020) Intel HD Graphics 2500
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
F1 2020 (2020) Intel HD Graphics 2500
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Gears Tactics (2020) Intel HD Graphics 2500
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Doom Eternal (2020) Intel HD Graphics 2500
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 2500

Finer manufacturing process technology (22 nm vs 80 nm)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS

91.99% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($3.19 vs $521)

So, Intel HD Graphics 2500 or NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS .

Intel HD Graphics 2500 versus NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GS performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.7 Out of 67 Hitesti Score
3.3 Out of 6 Hitesti Score