HD Graphics 3000 vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
9.08
+1276%

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by a whopping 1276% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking4491147
Place by popularity4089
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge (2011)
GPU code nameVegaSandy Bridge
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Current priceno 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 cores51212
Core clock speedno data350 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHz1350 MHz
Number of transistorsno data995 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattunknown
Texture fill rateno data13.80
Floating-point performanceno data20.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) 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.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno data64/128 Bit
Memory clock speedno dataSystem 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 Connectorsno dataNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_111.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkanno dataN/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 4000/5000) 9.08
+1276%
HD Graphics 3000 0.66

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 1276% based on our aggregate 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 4000/5000) 22428
+1330%
HD Graphics 3000 1568

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 1330% 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 4000/5000) 27084
+982%
HD Graphics 3000 2503

Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by 982% 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 HD22
+144%
9
−144%
1440p16
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
4K100−1

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 19
+533%
3−4
−533%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 20
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Cyberpunk 2077 14
+367%
3−4
−367%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Hitman 3 25
+733%
3−4
−733%
Horizon Zero Dawn 44
+300%
10−12
−300%
Metro Exodus 35
+1650%
2−3
−1650%
Red Dead Redemption 2 33
+1550%
2−3
−1550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 32
+300%
8−9
−300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 21
+2000%
1−2
−2000%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Battlefield 5 27−30
+1300%
2−3
−1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+233%
3−4
−233%
Far Cry 5 30
+650%
4−5
−650%
Far Cry New Dawn 13 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Hitman 3 16
+433%
3−4
−433%
Horizon Zero Dawn 33
+200%
10−12
−200%
Metro Exodus 25
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 25
+2400%
1−2
−2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 23
+188%
8−9
−188%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
+600%
3−4
−600%
Watch Dogs: Legion 17
+1600%
1−2
−1600%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Horizon Zero Dawn 24
+118%
10−12
−118%
Metro Exodus 24
+2300%
1−2
−2300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
+367%
3−4
−367%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12 0−1

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21
+2000%
1−2
−2000%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Hitman 3 14
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7 0−1

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 8−9 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+175%
4−5
−175%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
+400%
1−2
−400%
Far Cry 5 16
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn 20
+400%
4−5
−400%
Metro Exodus 17
+1600%
1−2
−1600%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8 0−1

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 23
+360%
5−6
−360%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9 0−1
Hitman 3 5−6 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5 0−1
Battlefield 5 7−8 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 10−12 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 10
+900%
1−2
−900%
Metro Exodus 8
+100%
4−5
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
+350%
2−3
−350%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and HD Graphics 3000 compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 144% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 1500% faster in 1440p

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

  • in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is 1500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) surpassed HD Graphics 3000 in all 32 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.08 0.66
Recency 7 January 2020 1 February 2011
Chip lithography 7 nm 32 nm

The Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 3000 in performance tests.


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