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AMD Radeon HD 7430M vs Intel HD Graphics 3000
Price now
476$
Games supported
49%
- Interface PCIe 1.0 x16
- Core clock speed 350
- Max video memory System Shared
- Memory type System Shared
- Memory clock speed System Shared
- Maximum resolution
- Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
- Core clock speed 600
- Max video memory 1024 MB
- Memory type DDR3
- Memory clock speed 1800
- Maximum resolution
Price now
338$
Games supported
39%
General info
Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.
| Place in performance rating | 1044 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 71 | no data |
| Architecture | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) | Terascale 2 (2009−2015) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge | Seymour-PRO |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 February 2011 (12 years old) | 9 January 2012 (11 years old) |
| Current price | $476 | $338 |
Value for money
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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 cores | 12 | 160 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 995 million | 370 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 40 nm |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | unknown | 7 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.80 | 4.800 |
| Floating-point performance | 20.4 gflops | 192.0 gflops |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on HD Graphics 3000 and Radeon HD 7430M 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 2.0 x16 |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 1 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1800 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 12.8 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 11.2 (11_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| OpenGL | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 1 February 2011 | 9 January 2012 |
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 12 | 160 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 40 nm |
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Competitors of Radeon HD 7430M by NVIDIA
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon HD 7430M from NVIDIA is GeForce GTS 160M.
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