HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) vs HD Graphics 3000

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General info

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

Place in performance ranking1143not rated
Place by popularity73not in top-100
ArchitectureGen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code nameSandy BridgeSandy Bridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 February 2011 (13 years old)1 May 2011 (12 years old)
Current price$476 $760
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

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 cores126
Core clock speed350 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHz1100 MHz
Number of transistors995 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology32 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)unknownno data
Texture fill rate13.80no data
Floating-point performance20.4 gflopsno data

Size and compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 3000 and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 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.

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16no data

Memory

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 Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
Shared memory++

Video outputs and ports

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 data

API support

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

DirectX11.1 (10_1)10.1
Shader Model4.1no data
OpenGL3.1no data
OpenCLN/Ano data
VulkanN/Ano data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


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
+60.7%
HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 976

HD Graphics 3000 outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by 61% 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%

HD Graphics 3000 2503
+78.2%
HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) 1405

HD Graphics 3000 outperforms HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) by 78% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Advantages and disadvantages


Recency 1 February 2011 1 May 2011

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 3000 and HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge). We've got no test results to judge.


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