HD Graphics 3000 vs GeForce GTX 660 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 660 Ti with HD Graphics 3000, including specs and performance data.

GTX 660 Ti
2012
2 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
11.47
+1638%

GTX 660 Ti outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by a whopping 1638% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking4191187
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation3.19no data
Power efficiency5.24no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Generation 6.0 (2011)
GPU code nameGK104Sandy Bridge GT2+
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date16 August 2012 (12 years ago)1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores134496
Core clock speed915 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed980 MHz1300 MHz
Number of transistors3,540 million1,160 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate109.815.60
Floating-point processing power2.634 TFLOPS0.2496 TFLOPS
ROPs242
TMUs11212

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).

Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16Ring Bus
Length241 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 amount2 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width192-bit GDDR5System Shared
Memory clock speed6.0 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth144.2 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 ConnectorsOne Dual Link DVI-I, One Dual Link DVI-D, One HDMI, One DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
3D Gaming+-
3D Vision+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model5.14.1
OpenGL4.33.1
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA+-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GTX 660 Ti 11.47
+1638%
HD Graphics 3000 0.66

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GTX 660 Ti 4417
+1639%
HD Graphics 3000 254

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.

GTX 660 Ti 23726
+1413%
HD Graphics 3000 1568

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.

GTX 660 Ti 37758
+1409%
HD Graphics 3000 2503

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 HD75
+838%
8
−838%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.99no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+1700%
2−3
−1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1800%
4−5
−1800%
Hitman 3 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+455%
10−12
−455%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+1750%
2−3
−1750%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+517%
6−7
−517%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+127%
30−33
−127%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Battlefield 5 35−40
+1700%
2−3
−1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1800%
4−5
−1800%
Hitman 3 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+455%
10−12
−455%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+1750%
2−3
−1750%
Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+3100%
1−2
−3100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+517%
6−7
−517%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+190%
10−11
−190%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+127%
30−33
−127%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 27−30
+575%
4−5
−575%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
+500%
3−4
−500%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+2600%
1−2
−2600%
Forza Horizon 4 75−80
+1800%
4−5
−1800%
Hitman 3 21−24
+340%
5−6
−340%
Horizon Zero Dawn 60−65
+455%
10−12
−455%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 35−40
+517%
6−7
−517%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+190%
10−11
−190%
Watch Dogs: Legion 65−70
+127%
30−33
−127%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
+3100%
1−2
−3100%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+2100%
1−2
−2100%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+1700%
3−4
−1700%
Hitman 3 14−16
+133%
6−7
−133%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+667%
3−4
−667%
Metro Exodus 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 70−75
+3500%
2−3
−3500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+533%
3−4
−533%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9 0−1
Hitman 3 7−8 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
+1667%
3−4
−1667%
Metro Exodus 10−11 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
+600%
1−2
−600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 6−7 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 14−16 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 4−5 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
+450%
2−3
−450%

This is how GTX 660 Ti and HD Graphics 3000 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 660 Ti is 838% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 660 Ti is 3500% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 660 Ti surpassed HD Graphics 3000 in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 11.47 0.66
Recency 16 August 2012 1 February 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm

GTX 660 Ti has a 1637.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 660 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 3000 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 660 Ti 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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