HD Graphics 3000 vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 980 Ti with HD Graphics 3000, including specs and performance data.

GTX 980 Ti
2015
6 GB GDDR5, 250 Watt
35.04
+5291%

GTX 980 Ti outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by a whopping 5291% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1401197
Place by popularitynot in top-10094
Cost-effectiveness evaluation14.08no data
Power efficiency9.84no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Generation 6.0 (2011)
GPU code nameGM200Sandy Bridge GT2+
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 June 2015 (9 years ago)1 February 2011 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores281696
Core clock speed1000 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1075 MHz1300 MHz
Number of transistors8,000 million1,160 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate189.415.60
Floating-point processing power6.06 TFLOPS0.2496 TFLOPS
ROPs962
TMUs17612

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
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 amount6 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width384 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed7.0 GB/sSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth336.5 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2Portable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support4 displaysno data
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support+-
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GeForce ShadowPlay+-
GPU Boost2.0no data
GameWorks+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.44.1
OpenGL4.53.1
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.

GTX 980 Ti 35.04
+5291%
HD Graphics 3000 0.65

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 980 Ti 13787
+5328%
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 980 Ti 48631
+3001%
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 980 Ti 98958
+3854%
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 HD100
+1011%
9
−1011%
1440p490−1
4K500−1

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.49no data
1440p13.24no data
4K12.98no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 95−100
+4800%
2−3
−4800%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+943%
7−8
−943%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+3700%
2−3
−3700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 95−100
+4800%
2−3
−4800%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+5900%
2−3
−5900%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+943%
7−8
−943%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+3700%
2−3
−3700%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+10600%
1−2
−10600%
Fortnite 140−150
+7350%
2−3
−7350%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+3125%
4−5
−3125%
Forza Horizon 5 95−100
+9600%
1−2
−9600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+1563%
8−9
−1563%
Valorant 200−210
+603%
27−30
−603%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 95−100
+4800%
2−3
−4800%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+5900%
2−3
−5900%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+943%
7−8
−943%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+2418%
11
−2418%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+3700%
2−3
−3700%
Dota 2 130−140
+1638%
8
−1638%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+10600%
1−2
−10600%
Fortnite 140−150
+7350%
2−3
−7350%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+3125%
4−5
−3125%
Forza Horizon 5 95−100
+9600%
1−2
−9600%
Grand Theft Auto V 34 0−1
Metro Exodus 75−80 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+1563%
8−9
−1563%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+2675%
4−5
−2675%
Valorant 200−210
+603%
27−30
−603%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 94
+9300%
1−2
−9300%
Counter-Strike 2 70−75
+943%
7−8
−943%
Cyberpunk 2077 75−80
+3700%
2−3
−3700%
Dota 2 130−140
+1886%
7
−1886%
Far Cry 5 77
+7600%
1−2
−7600%
Forza Horizon 4 72
+1700%
4−5
−1700%
Forza Horizon 5 95−100
+9600%
1−2
−9600%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 72
+800%
8−9
−800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 59
+1375%
4−5
−1375%
Valorant 200−210
+603%
27−30
−603%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 88
+8700%
1−2
−8700%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 27−30 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 220−230
+11350%
2−3
−11350%
Grand Theft Auto V 65−70
+6400%
1−2
−6400%
Metro Exodus 45−50 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+4275%
4−5
−4275%
Valorant 230−240
+5875%
4−5
−5875%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+8700%
1−2
−8700%
Cyberpunk 2077 35−40 0−1
Far Cry 5 75−80
+7800%
1−2
−7800%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
+9100%
1−2
−9100%
Forza Horizon 5 55−60
+5800%
1−2
−5800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+5900%
1−2
−5900%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 85−90
+8400%
1−2
−8400%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 27−30 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 16−18 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 79
+427%
14−16
−427%
Metro Exodus 30−33 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44 0−1
Valorant 200−210
+4950%
4−5
−4950%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 40 0−1
Counter-Strike 2 16−18 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18 0−1
Dota 2 132
+6500%
2−3
−6500%
Far Cry 5 30
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Forza Horizon 4 42 0−1
Forza Horizon 5 35−40 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 26
+1200%
2−3
−1200%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 32
+1500%
2−3
−1500%

This is how GTX 980 Ti and HD Graphics 3000 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 980 Ti is 1011% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the GTX 980 Ti is 11350% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, GTX 980 Ti surpassed HD Graphics 3000 in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 35.04 0.65
Recency 2 June 2015 1 February 2011
Chip lithography 28 nm 32 nm

GTX 980 Ti has a 5290.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 3000 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 980 Ti is a desktop card while HD Graphics 3000 is a notebook one.

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