HD Graphics 3000 vs GeForce GTX 970M

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Aggregate performance score

GTX 970M
2014
6 GB GDDR5
14.85
+2150%

GeForce GTX 970M outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by a whopping 2150% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance ranking3341147
Place by popularitynot in top-10089
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.09no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code nameGM204Sandy Bridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 October 2014 (9 years ago)1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,560.89 no data
Current price$848 (0.3x MSRP)$476

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 970M 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 cores128012
CUDA cores1280no data
Core clock speed924 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed1038 MHz1350 MHz
Number of transistors5,200 million995 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknownunknown
Texture fill rate83.0413.80
Floating-point performance2,657 gflops20.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 970M 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data
SLI options+no data

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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount6 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed2500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth120 GB/sno 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs
VGA аnalog display support+no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support+no data
HDMI+no data
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+no data
GeForce ShadowPlay+no data
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder+no data
Optimus+no data
BatteryBoost+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.44.1
OpenGL4.53.1
OpenCL1.1N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/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.

GTX 970M 14.85
+2150%
HD Graphics 3000 0.66

GeForce GTX 970M outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 2150% based on our aggregate 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%

GTX 970M 5739
+2159%
HD Graphics 3000 254

GeForce GTX 970M outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 2159% 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%

GTX 970M 28845
+1740%
HD Graphics 3000 1568

GeForce GTX 970M outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 1740% 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%

GTX 970M 51247
+1948%
HD Graphics 3000 2503

GeForce GTX 970M outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 1948% 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:

900p136
+2167%
6−7
−2167%
Full HD58
+544%
9
−544%
1440p26
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
4K220−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 42
+4100%
1−2
−4100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Battlefield 5 52
+2500%
2−3
−2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Far Cry 5 50
+1150%
4−5
−1150%
Far Cry New Dawn 48
+2300%
2−3
−2300%
Forza Horizon 4 61
+1933%
3−4
−1933%
Hitman 3 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+336%
10−12
−336%
Metro Exodus 53
+2550%
2−3
−2550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 40−45
+413%
8−9
−413%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 36
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Battlefield 5 44
+4300%
1−2
−4300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Far Cry 5 40−45
+900%
4−5
−900%
Far Cry New Dawn 37
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Forza Horizon 4 53
+1667%
3−4
−1667%
Hitman 3 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+336%
10−12
−336%
Metro Exodus 38
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
+100%
8−9
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
+1400%
3−4
−1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+1500%
2−3
−1500%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Far Cry 5 29
+625%
4−5
−625%
Forza Horizon 4 36
+1100%
3−4
−1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50
+336%
10−12
−336%
Metro Exodus 35
+3400%
1−2
−3400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 26
+767%
3−4
−767%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 26
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Far Cry New Dawn 28
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Hitman 3 21−24 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 17 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Far Cry 5 27
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Forza Horizon 4 23
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−33
+650%
4−5
−650%
Metro Exodus 25
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 30−35
+540%
5−6
−540%
Far Cry New Dawn 14 0−1
Hitman 3 10−12 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8 0−1
Battlefield 5 15 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Metro Exodus 12
+200%
4−5
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+550%
2−3
−550%

This is how GTX 970M and HD Graphics 3000 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 970M is 2167% faster in 900p
  • GTX 970M is 544% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 970M is 2500% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 970M is 2600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 970M surpassed HD Graphics 3000 in all 32 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.85 0.66
Recency 7 October 2014 1 February 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm

The GeForce GTX 970M is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 3000 in performance tests.


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