The Intel HD Graphics 2500 (or Ivy Bridge GT1) is an integrated graphics card in the Ivy Bridge codenamed desktop processors. It is the successor the the Intel HD Graphics 2000 in the Sandy Bridge CPUs and performs between the old HD 2000 and 3000 GPU (see benchmarks below). Usually it is used in the cheaper desktop Ivy bridge CPUs. The mobile version is simply called Intel HD Graphics and integrated in the Pentium and Celeron line.
Compared to the faster HD Graphics 4000, the 2500 one features less Execution Units (6 versus 16) and only one texture sampler. Therefore, the performance is clearly worse and only suited for low demanding gaming. Intel states a 10 to 15% higher performance compared to the old Sandy Bridge based HD Graphics 2000. Therefore, only older casual games with low requirements are playable with the HD 2500.
A speciality of the Ivy Bridge GPUs is that 4x MSAA is supported in hardware now. However, 2x is only supported through software. The algorithm to support 2x is going through the 4x pipeline with a software algorithm, so performance is similar to 4x MSAA.
The integrated video decoder called Multi Format Codec Engine (MFX) was also improved and should allow even simultaneus 4K video decoding. DXVAChecker lists MPEG2, VC1, WMV9, and H264 as supported codecs. QuickSync for fast transcoding of videos was also optimized for higher performance and better image quality.
Another new feature is the support for up to 3 independent displays as AMD offers with theirs Eyefinity support (up to 6 displays).
Due to the 22nm 3D Tri-Gate production process, the power consumption is relatively low (the development was focused on performance per Watt).
HD Graphics Series
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| Codename | Ivy Bridge GT1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architecture | Gen. 7 Ivy Bridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pipelines | 6 - unified | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Speed | 650 - 1150 (Boost) MHz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memory Bus Width | 64/128 Bit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shared Memory | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| API | DirectX 11.0, Shader 5.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| technology | 22 nm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notebook Size | large | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 01.04.2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Average benchmark valuesThe following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |
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| Metro: Last Light | 11.07 | 9.84 | 9.64 | |||
| BioShock Infinite | 17.66 | 8 | 6.96 | |||
| StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm | 145 | 26 | 13.7 | 4.3 | ||
| SimCity | 14.8 | 8 | ||||
| Tomb Raider | 20.1 | 10.9 | 7.1 | |||
| Crysis 3 | 13.8 | |||||
| Dead Space 3 | 45 | 18.8 | 13.5 | 7.3 | ||
| Far Cry 3 | 19 | 11.9 | ||||
| Assassin´s Creed III | 13.8 | |||||
| Hitman: Absolution | 19 | 11 | 3.8 | 1.9 | ||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 | 18 | |||||
| Fifa 13 | 77 | 47 | 27 | 14.5 | ||
| F1 2012 | 39 | 24 | 22 | 12 | ||
| Guild Wars 2 | 37 | 8 | ||||
| Counter-Strike: GO | 80 | 38 | 19 | 11.7 | ||
| Sleeping Dogs | 21.7 | 15.5 | ||||
| Anno 2070 | 23.15 | 9.78 | 5.23 | |||
| Battlefield 3 | 16.8 | 11 | ||||
| Supreme Commander - FA Bench | 46 | 22.2 | 18.7 | 7.6 | ||
| Crysis - GPU Benchmark | 51 | 21 | 12 | 3 | ||
| World of Warcraft | 104 | 29 | ||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 11 5 3 1 | 16 2 | 13 | 8 | | |
For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List
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