HD Graphics 3000 vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Place in performance ranking	617	1143
Place by popularity	37	69
Architecture	Vega (2017−2021)	Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code name	Vega Raven Ridge	Sandy Bridge
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	26 October 2017 (6 years ago)	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Current price	no data	$476

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	512	12
Core clock speed	no data	350 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	1350 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	995 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	unknown
Texture fill rate	no data	13.80
Floating-point performance	no data	20.4 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and HD Graphics 3000 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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

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PCIe 1.0 x16

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	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	no data	System Shared
Memory bus width	no data	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	System Shared
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

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No outputs

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	no data	4.1
OpenGL	no data	3.1
OpenCL	no data	N/A
Vulkan	no data	N/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 Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 4.49
+580%

HD Graphics 3000 0.66

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 580% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 10294
+557%

HD Graphics 3000 1568

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 557% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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 Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) 15770
+530%

HD Graphics 3000 2503

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 530% 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 HD	18 +100%	9 −100%
4K	10 +900%	1−2 −900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

9
+200%

3−4

−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	15 +650%	2−3 −650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10 +900%	1−2 −900%
Battlefield 5	24 +700%	3−4 −700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	16 +100%	8−9 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	9 +200%	3−4 −200%
Far Cry 5	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	13 +1200%	1−2 −1200%
Forza Horizon 4	26 +767%	3−4 −767%
Hitman 3	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12 +500%	2−3 −500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12 +100%	6−7 −100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12 +1100%	1−2 −1100%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	11 +1000%	1−2 −1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	0−1
Battlefield 5	22 +633%	3−4 −633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6 −33.3%	8−9 +33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	10 +900%	1−2 −900%
Far Cry New Dawn	14 +600%	2−3 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	30 +650%	4−5 −650%
Hitman 3	10−11 +900%	1−2 −900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +700%	1−2 −700%
Metro Exodus	7 +600%	1−2 −600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 +350%	2−3 −350%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 +333%	3−4 −333%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	8 +700%	1−2 −700%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4	0−1
Battlefield 5	23 +667%	3−4 −667%
Cyberpunk 2077	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	9 +800%	1−2 −800%
Far Cry New Dawn	14 +600%	2−3 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	23 +667%	3−4 −667%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8 +167%	3−4 −167%
Watch Dogs: Legion	5−6	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Hitman 3	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 +37.5%	8−9 −37.5%
Metro Exodus	3−4	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	5−6	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	3	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	6	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 +40%	5−6 −40%
Forza Horizon 4	9 +800%	1−2 −800%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and HD Graphics 3000 compete in popular games:

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 100% faster than HD Graphics 3000 in 1080p
RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 900% faster than HD Graphics 3000 in 4K

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

in Metro Exodus, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is 600% faster than the HD Graphics 3000.
in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the HD Graphics 3000 is 33.3% faster than the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000).

All in all, in popular games: