Radeon R5 M255 vs HD Graphics 3000
Aggregate performance score
We've compared HD Graphics 3000 and Radeon R5 M255, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
R5 M255 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by a whopping 114% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1246 | 1055 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Generation 6.0 (2011) | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Sandy Bridge GT2+ | Topaz |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 February 2011 (14 years ago) | 12 October 2014 (10 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 cores | 96 | 384 |
| Compute units | no data | 5 |
| Core clock speed | 650 MHz | 925 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1300 MHz | 940 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,160 million | 1,550 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | unknown | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 15.60 | 22.56 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.2496 TFLOPS | 0.7219 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 8 |
| TMUs | 12 | 24 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 96 KB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 256 KB |
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).
| Bus support | no data | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Interface | Ring Bus | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
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 | DDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 16 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
| Eyefinity | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| AppAcceleration | - | + |
| HD3D | - | + |
| PowerTune | - | + |
| DualGraphics | - | + |
| ZeroCore | - | + |
| Switchable graphics | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | DirectX® 11 |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.3 |
| OpenGL | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| OpenCL | N/A | Not Listed |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| Mantle | - | + |
Synthetic benchmarks
Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark score.
Passmark
This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.
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.
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.
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:
| 900p | 9−10
−133%
| 21
+133%
|
| Full HD | 9
−44.4%
| 13
+44.4%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−200%
|
6
+200%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
+0%
|
5
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 3−4 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−20%
|
6−7
+20%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
+0%
|
8
+0%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−21.4%
|
30−35
+21.4%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 11
−173%
|
30−33
+173%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Dota 2 | 8
−238%
|
27
+238%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 3−4 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−20%
|
6−7
+20%
|
| Metro Exodus | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+50%
|
4
−50%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−21.4%
|
30−35
+21.4%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Dota 2 | 7
−200%
|
21
+200%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 0−1 | 3−4 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 5−6
−60%
|
8−9
+60%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6
−20%
|
6−7
+20%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 8−9
−12.5%
|
9−10
+12.5%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 6−7
+100%
|
3
−100%
|
| Valorant | 27−30
−21.4%
|
30−35
+21.4%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 3−4
−33.3%
|
4−5
+33.3%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 2−3
−300%
|
8−9
+300%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 6−7
−117%
|
12−14
+117%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 2−3
−50%
|
3−4
+50%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | 1−2 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 1−2
−100%
|
2−3
+100%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Valorant | 3−4
−133%
|
7−8
+133%
|
4K
Ultra
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 26
+0%
|
26
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14
+0%
|
14
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 14
+0%
|
14
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 2−3
+0%
|
2−3
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 8
+0%
|
8
+0%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 4−5
+0%
|
4−5
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Valorant | 5−6
+0%
|
5−6
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Dota 2 | 1−2
+0%
|
1−2
+0%
|
This is how HD Graphics 3000 and R5 M255 compete in popular games:
- R5 M255 is 133% faster in 900p
- R5 M255 is 44% faster in 1080p
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 3000 is 100% faster.
- in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the R5 M255 is 300% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- HD Graphics 3000 performs better in 2 tests (4%)
- R5 M255 performs better in 26 tests (55%)
- there's a draw in 19 tests (40%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.57 | 1.22 |
| Recency | 1 February 2011 | 12 October 2014 |
| Chip lithography | 32 nm | 28 nm |
R5 M255 has a 114% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.
The Radeon R5 M255 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 3000 in performance tests.
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