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Intel HD 500

The Intel HD 500 is a graphics card released on January 1, 2016. It scores 301 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12.

Apollo Lake (Gen9LP)

2/10 key specs recorded · 8 facts

Depth: 15 recorded fields, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 2 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

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Memory

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Boost clock

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Board power

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Performance

The Intel HD 500 scores 301 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 28.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #2,085), measured across 853 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 79.

PassMark G3D Mark

301

Rank #2,085
Faster than 28.9% of 2,658 GPUs
853 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 6 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 8.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 0% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 3 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 4.2% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 1 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 0% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 121 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 3.5% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the Intel HD 500 averages DirectX 9 6 fps, DirectX 10 1 fps, DirectX 11 3 fps, DirectX 12 1 fps and GPU Compute 121 ops/s, across 853 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

First benchmarked 2019-09-19

Samples 853

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Not to be confused with

This page covers the Intel HD 500 specifically. It is a different product from Intel HD 5000, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

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Codename Apollo Lake (Gen9LP)

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The Intel HD 500 uses the Apollo Lake (Gen9LP) graphics processor.

Market

Launched January 1, 2016

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Segment Desktop

Series HD Graphics

The Intel HD 500 was released on January 1, 2016.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 301

PassMark G2D 79

Rank #2,085

Samples 853

Graphics and compute APIs

The Intel HD 500 supports DirectX 12.

DirectX 12

CUDA is an NVIDIA technology and does not apply to the Intel HD 500. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the Intel HD 500. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the Intel HD 500.

Naming and aliases

The Intel HD 500 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as Intel(R) HD Graphics 500.

Other names (PassMark) Intel(R) HD Graphics 500

Frequently asked questions

How fast is the Intel HD 500?

The Intel HD 500 scores 301 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 28.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #2,085. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 1 fps.