GeForce 8800M GTS vs HD Graphics 3000

Place in performance ranking	1147	1070
Place by popularity	89	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.07
Architecture	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)	G9x (2007−2010)
GPU code name	Sandy Bridge	NB8E-GT
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)	19 November 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	$476	$110

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD Graphics 3000 and 8800M GTS 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	12	64
CUDA cores	no data	64
Core clock speed	350 MHz	500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	995 million	754 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.80	16.00
Floating-point performance	20.4 gflops	160 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 3000 and GeForce 8800M GTS 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	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	MXM-HE

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	System Shared	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	512 MB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	51.2 GB/s
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

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	11.1 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.1	4.0
OpenGL	3.1	3.3
OpenCL	N/A	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	no data	1.1

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.

HD Graphics 3000 0.66

8800M GTS 0.99
+50%

GeForce 8800M GTS outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 50% 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%

HD Graphics 3000 254

8800M GTS 382
+50.4%

GeForce 8800M GTS outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 50% 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%

HD Graphics 3000 1568

8800M GTS 2552
+62.8%

GeForce 8800M GTS outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 63% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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

−50%

12−14
+50%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	no data
Hitman 3	2−3	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	no data
Hitman 3	2−3	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−11	no data