GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs HD Graphics 3000

Place in the ranking	1183	105
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	16.24
Architecture	Generation 6.0 (2011)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Sandy Bridge GT2+	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 February 2011 (13 years ago)	12 October 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores	96	3584
Core clock speed	650 MHz	1320 MHz
Boost clock speed	1300 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	1,160 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	32 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	15.60	199.0
Floating-point processing power	0.2496 TFLOPS	12.74 TFLOPS
ROPs	2	48
TMUs	12	112
Tensor Cores	no data	112
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	28

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).

Interface	Ring Bus	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

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	System Shared	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1875 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	240.0 GB/s
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	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.7
OpenGL	3.1	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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.

HD Graphics 3000 0.66

RTX 3060 8 GB 39.89
+5944%

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.

HD Graphics 3000 254

RTX 3060 8 GB 15388
+5958%

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

−5456%

500−550
+5456%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4
−5900%

180−190

+5900%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5900%	240−250 +5900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5900%	180−190 +5900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5900%	180−190 +5900%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −5900%	60−65 +5900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5900%	300−310 +5900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5809%	650−700 +5809%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −5733%	350−400 +5733%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −5900%	1800−1850 +5900%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5900%	240−250 +5900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5900%	180−190 +5900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5900%	180−190 +5900%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −5900%	60−65 +5900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5900%	300−310 +5900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5809%	650−700 +5809%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −5733%	350−400 +5733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −5900%	600−650 +5900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −5900%	1800−1850 +5900%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −5900%	240−250 +5900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −5900%	180−190 +5900%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −5900%	180−190 +5900%
Hitman 3	5−6 −5900%	300−310 +5900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −5809%	650−700 +5809%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −5733%	350−400 +5733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 −5900%	600−650 +5900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −5900%	1800−1850 +5900%

1440p
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−5900%

60−65
+5900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −5900%	60−65 +5900%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5900%	60−65 +5900%
Hitman 3	6−7 −5733%	350−400 +5733%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −5900%	180−190 +5900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −5900%	120−130 +5900%