Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
AMD Radeon HD 8400 vs Intel HD Graphics 3000
Price now
476$
Games supported
48%
- 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 IGP
- Core clock speed 600
- Max video memory System Shared
- Memory type System Shared
- Memory clock speed System Shared
- Maximum resolution
Price now
78$
Games supported
48%
General info
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 1091 | 1085 |
| Place by popularity | 65 | no data |
| Value for money | no data | 0.08 |
| Architecture | Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011) | GCN (2011−2017) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge | Kabini |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 February 2011 (12 years old) | 23 May 2013 (10 years old) |
| Current price | $476 | $78 |
Value for money
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 | 128 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 600 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1350 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 995 million | 1,178 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | unknown | 25 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 13.80 | 3.200 |
| Floating-point performance | 20.4 gflops | no data |
Size and compatibility
Information on HD Graphics 3000 and Radeon HD 8400 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 | IGP |
Memory
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | System Shared | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 64/128 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | System Shared |
| 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
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_0) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 3.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.2.131 |
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.
Radeon HD 8400 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 3% in our combined benchmark results.
Passmark
This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%
Radeon HD 8400 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 3% 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: 16%
Radeon HD 8400 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 28% 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: 13%
Radeon HD 8400 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 15% 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 | 9
−11.1%
| 10
+11.1%
|
Performance in popular games
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
Full HD
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
1440p
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Hitman 3 | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 3−4
+0%
|
3−4
+0%
|
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Hitman 3 | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
4K
Ultra Preset
| Assassin's Creed Valhalla | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 6−7
+0%
|
6−7
+0%
|
| Watch Dogs: Legion | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
This is how HD Graphics 3000 and HD 8400 compete in popular games:
1080p resolution:
- HD 8400 is 11.1% faster than HD Graphics 3000
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the HD 8400 is 100% faster than the HD Graphics 3000.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 0.64 | 0.66 |
| Recency | 1 February 2011 | 23 May 2013 |
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 12 | 128 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 28 nm |
We couldn't decide between HD Graphics 3000 and Radeon HD 8400. The differences in performance seem too small.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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