Iris Xe MAX Graphics vs HD Graphics 3000

Place in performance ranking	1147	387
Place by popularity	89	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)	Gen. 12 Xe (2020)
GPU code name	Sandy Bridge	iDG1LPDEV
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)	31 October 2020 (3 years ago)
Current price	$476	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	96
Core clock speed	350 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1350 MHz	1650 MHz
Number of transistors	995 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	25 Watt
Texture fill rate	13.80	79.20
Floating-point performance	20.4 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 3000 and Iris Xe MAX Graphics 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.

Interface

PCIe 1.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x4

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	LPDDR4x
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	4266 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	68.26 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)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.4
OpenGL	3.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2

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

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 11.43
+1632%

Iris Xe MAX Graphics outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 1632% 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

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 1971
+676%

Iris Xe MAX Graphics outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 676% in Passmark.

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

Iris Xe MAX Graphics 36993
+1378%

Iris Xe MAX Graphics outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 1378% 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	8 −225%	26 +225%
1440p	1−2 −1900%	20 +1900%
4K	0−1	17

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

1−2

−1700%

18−20
+1700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −3100%	30−35 +3100%
Hitman 3	1−2 −2300%	24 +2300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −2300%	48 +2300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −1850%	39 +1850%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −3100%	30−35 +3100%
Hitman 3	0−1	12
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −2250%	45−50 +2250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −3200%	33 +3200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −3300%	34 +3300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −2500%	26 +2500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −2800%	29 +2800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1700%	18 +1700%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −1900%	40−45 +1900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	14−16
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	6−7
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Hitman 3	0−1	14−16
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −2200%	21−24 +2200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−1800%

18−20
+1800%

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn

0−1

12−14

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	7−8
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	12−14
Metro Exodus	0−1	10−12

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

10−12

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%
Battlefield 5	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −1800%	57 +1800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −3200%	33 +3200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	6
Battlefield 5	2−3 −1700%	35−40 +1700%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −3200%	33 +3200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −2900%	30 +2900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−2400%

25
+2400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −2100%	21−24 +2100%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	10−12
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	8−9
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −1900%	20 +1900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	10−12
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	6−7

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	10−12
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	8−9
Hitman 3	0−1	7−8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	6−7
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	11

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	5−6
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	5−6
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	1−2
Far Cry 5	0−1	6−7
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	14−16
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	4−5