HD Graphics 3000 vs GeForce GT 730M

Place in performance ranking	828	1147
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code name	GK107	Sandy Bridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 January 2013 (11 years ago)	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price	$1000	$476

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 730M and HD Graphics 3000 have a nearly equal value for money.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	12
Core clock speed	725 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1350 MHz
Number of transistors	1,270 million	995 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	unknown
Texture fill rate	23.20	13.80
Floating-point performance	552.2 gflops	20.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 730M and HD Graphics 3000 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0, PCI Express 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Standard memory configuration	DDR3/GDDR5	no data
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 - 2000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	28.8 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
eDP 1.2 signal support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
LVDS signal support	Up to 1920x1200	no data
VGA аnalog display support	Up to 2048x1536	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	Up to 3840x2160	no data
HDMI	+	no data
HDCP content protection	+	no data
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI	+	no data
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming	+	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Blu-Ray 3D Support	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
3D Vision / 3DTV Play	+	no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 API	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.5	3.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 730M 2.11
+220%

HD Graphics 3000 0.66

GeForce GT 730M outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 220% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

GT 730M 815
+221%

HD Graphics 3000 254

GeForce GT 730M outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 221% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 730M 6788
+333%

HD Graphics 3000 1568

GeForce GT 730M outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 333% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 730M 7152
+186%

HD Graphics 3000 2503

GeForce GT 730M outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 186% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

23
+156%

−156%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Hitman 3	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Hitman 3	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Forza Horizon 4	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 +27.3%	10−12 −27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+300%

1−2

−300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4−5 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	8−9 +60%	5−6 −60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Metro Exodus	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	0−1