HD Graphics 3000 vs Quadro FX 1800

Place in performance ranking	1059	1144
Place by popularity	not in top-100	72
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.05	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code name	G94	Sandy Bridge
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	30 March 2009 (15 years ago)	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$489	no data
Current price	$132 (0.3x MSRP)	$476

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FX 1800 and HD Graphics 3000 have a nearly equal value for money.

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	64	12
Core clock speed	550 MHz	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1350 MHz
Number of transistors	505 million	995 million
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	59 Watt	unknown
Texture fill rate	17.60	13.80
Floating-point performance	176 gflops	20.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Quadro FX 1800 and HD Graphics 3000 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 2.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Length	198 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

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	GDDR3	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	System Shared
Memory bus width	192 Bit	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	38.4 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

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

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.0	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.1
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	1.1	no data

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.

FX 1800 1.04
+57.6%

HD Graphics 3000 0.66

Quadro FX 1800 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 58% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FX 1800 403
+58.7%

HD Graphics 3000 254

Quadro FX 1800 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 59% in Passmark.