GeForce GT 630 OEM vs HD Graphics 3000

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 3000 with GeForce GT 630 OEM, including specs and performance data.

HD Graphics 3000
2011
0.66

GT 630 OEM outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by a whopping 152% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1192947
Place by popularity69not in top-100
ArchitectureGeneration 6.0 (2011)Kepler (2012−2018)
GPU code nameSandy Bridge GT2+GK107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years ago)24 April 2012 (12 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores96192
Core clock speed650 MHz875 MHz
Boost clock speed1300 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,160 million1,270 million
Manufacturing process technology32 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknown50 Watt
Texture fill rate15.6014.00
Floating-point processing power0.2496 TFLOPS0.336 TFLOPS
ROPs216
TMUs1216

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceRing BusPCIe 3.0 x16
Lengthno data145 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedDDR3
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared1 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared891 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data28.51 GB/s
Shared memory+no data

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_1)12 (11_0)
Shader Model4.15.1
OpenGL3.14.6
OpenCLN/A1.2
VulkanN/A1.1.126
CUDA-3.0

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 HD8
−125%
18−21
+125%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Hitman 3 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−145%
27−30
+145%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−150%
75−80
+150%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Hitman 3 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−145%
27−30
+145%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−150%
75−80
+150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−150%
10−11
+150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Hitman 3 5−6
−140%
12−14
+140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−12
−145%
27−30
+145%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−140%
24−27
+140%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−33
−150%
75−80
+150%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Hitman 3 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
Horizon Zero Dawn 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−150%
5−6
+150%

This is how HD Graphics 3000 and GT 630 OEM compete in popular games:

  • GT 630 OEM is 125% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.66 1.66
Recency 1 February 2011 24 April 2012
Chip lithography 32 nm 28 nm

GT 630 OEM has a 151.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GT 630 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 3000 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 3000 is a notebook card while GeForce GT 630 OEM is a desktop one.


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