GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs HD Graphics 405

Place in performance ranking	1169	105
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Gen. 8 (2015−2016)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Braswell	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2016 (8 years ago)	12 October 2022 (1 year ago)

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	16	3584
Core clock speed	320 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	700 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	189 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	11.20	199.0
Floating-point performance	0.1792 gflops	12.74 gflops

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

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	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	15 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	no data	240.0 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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.3	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.80	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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

−5233%

800−850
+5233%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−5233%

160−170

+5233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5400%	220−230 +5400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5300%	270−280 +5300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5355%	600−650 +5355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −5384%	1700−1750 +5384%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5400%	220−230 +5400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5300%	270−280 +5300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5355%	600−650 +5355%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −5400%	550−600 +5400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −5384%	1700−1750 +5384%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5400%	220−230 +5400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5300%	270−280 +5300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5355%	600−650 +5355%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −5400%	550−600 +5400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −5384%	1700−1750 +5384%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−5400%

55−60
+5400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Hitman 3	6−7 −4900%	300−310 +4900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −5233%	160−170 +5233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −5400%	110−120 +5400%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4
−5233%

160−170

+5233%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −5400%	55−60 +5400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3
−5400%

110−120

+5400%

This is how HD Graphics 405 and RTX 3060 8 GB compete in popular games:

RTX 3060 8 GB is 5233% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.72	39.79
Recency	1 April 2016	12 October 2022
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	6 Watt	170 Watt

HD Graphics 405 has 2733.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3060 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 5426.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 405 in performance tests.

Be aware that HD Graphics 405 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.