GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q vs HD Graphics

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking1153not rated
Place by popularity85not in top-100
Power efficiency1.51no data
ArchitectureGeneration 7.0 (2012−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameIvy Bridge GT1GA104
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 April 2012 (12 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 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 cores485120
Core clock speed650 MHz780 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1290 MHz
Number of transistors392 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology22 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate6.300206.4
Floating-point processing power0.1008 TFLOPS13.21 TFLOPS
ROPs180
TMUs6160
Tensor Coresno data160
Ray Tracing Coresno data40

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
WidthIGPno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared8 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared256 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data384.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.5
OpenGL4.04.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.1.801.2
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2012 12 January 2021
Chip lithography 22 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 80 Watt

HD Graphics has 128.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 3070 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 175% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between HD Graphics and GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that HD Graphics is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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