HD Graphics 3000 vs Radeon RX 470

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 470 with HD Graphics 3000, including specs and performance data.

RX 470
2016
8 GB GDDR5, 120 Watt
20.96
+3076%

RX 470 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by a whopping 3076% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking2431147
Place by popularity5390
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.32no data
ArchitecturePolaris (2016−2019)Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code namePolaris 10 ProSandy Bridge
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 August 2016 (7 years ago)1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$179 no data
Current price$14.08 (0.1x MSRP)$476

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RX 470 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 cores204812
Core clock speed926 MHz350 MHz
Boost clock speed1206 MHz1350 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million995 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate154.413.80
Floating-point performance4,940 gflops20.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 470 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.

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 1.0 x16
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno 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 typeGDDR5System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width256 Bit64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed6600 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth211.2 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.44.1
OpenGL4.63.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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.

RX 470 20.96
+3076%
HD Graphics 3000 0.66

Radeon RX 470 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 3076% based on our aggregate 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%

RX 470 8096
+3087%
HD Graphics 3000 254

Radeon RX 470 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 3087% in Passmark.

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: 14%

RX 470 68475
+2636%
HD Graphics 3000 2503

Radeon RX 470 outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 2636% 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 HD72
+800%
8
−800%
1440p41
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
4K39
+3800%
1−2
−3800%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+3350%
2−3
−3350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+1333%
3−4
−1333%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+4800%
1−2
−4800%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+5500%
1−2
−5500%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+4600%
2−3
−4600%
Hitman 3 40−45
+2000%
2−3
−2000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+592%
12−14
−592%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+3400%
2−3
−3400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+5600%
1−2
−5600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 105
+1400%
7−8
−1400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+520%
10−11
−520%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Battlefield 5 65−70
+3350%
2−3
−3350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+1333%
3−4
−1333%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+4800%
1−2
−4800%
Far Cry New Dawn 55−60
+5500%
1−2
−5500%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+4600%
2−3
−4600%
Hitman 3 40−45
+2000%
2−3
−2000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85
+592%
12−14
−592%
Metro Exodus 34
+3300%
1−2
−3300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+5600%
1−2
−5600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 88
+1157%
7−8
−1157%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70
+2233%
3−4
−2233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+520%
10−11
−520%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+3500%
1−2
−3500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 40−45
+1333%
3−4
−1333%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+1000%
3−4
−1000%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+4800%
1−2
−4800%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+4600%
2−3
−4600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 74
+517%
12−14
−517%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 67
+857%
7−8
−857%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40
+1233%
3−4
−1233%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
+520%
10−11
−520%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 55−60
+5600%
1−2
−5600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 40−45
+3900%
1−2
−3900%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+4100%
1−2
−4100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20−22 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Far Cry 5 43
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Hitman 3 24−27
+317%
6−7
−317%
Horizon Zero Dawn 53
+1667%
3−4
−1667%
Metro Exodus 46
+4500%
1−2
−4500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 51
+5000%
1−2
−5000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 14−16 0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+1067%
3−4
−1067%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18 0−1
Hitman 3 16−18 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 14−16 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 10−12 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5 0−1
Far Cry 5 10−12 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 27−30 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+2200%
1−2
−2200%
Metro Exodus 24
+500%
4−5
−500%
Watch Dogs: Legion 9−10 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+800%
2−3
−800%

This is how RX 470 and HD Graphics 3000 compete in popular games:

  • RX 470 is 800% faster in 1080p
  • RX 470 is 4000% faster in 1440p
  • RX 470 is 3800% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RX 470 is 5500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 470 surpassed HD Graphics 3000 in all 33 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 20.96 0.66
Recency 4 August 2016 1 February 2011
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm

The Radeon RX 470 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 3000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 470 is a desktop card while HD Graphics 3000 is a notebook one.


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

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