Radeon RX Vega 3 vs HD Graphics 500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared HD Graphics 500 and Radeon RX Vega 3, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

HD Graphics 500
2015
8 GB DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4, 10 Watt
0.77

RX Vega 3 outperforms HD Graphics 500 by a whopping 287% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1146772
Place by popularitynot in top-10080
Power efficiency8.9213.82
ArchitectureGeneration 9.0 (2015−2016)GCN 5.0 (2017−2020)
GPU code nameApollo Lake GT1Picasso
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date1 September 2015 (9 years ago)6 January 2019 (5 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 cores96192
Core clock speed200 MHz300 MHz
Boost clock speed650 MHz1001 MHz
Number of transistors189 million4,940 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate7.80012.01
Floating-point processing power0.1248 TFLOPS0.3844 TFLOPS
ROPs24
TMUs1212

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).

InterfaceRing BusIGP
WidthIGPIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4System Shared
Maximum RAM amount8 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus widthSystem SharedSystem Shared
Memory clock speedSystem SharedSystem 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 ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.46.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.31.2.131

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 500 0.77
RX Vega 3 2.98
+287%

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 500 298
RX Vega 3 1149
+286%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

HD Graphics 500 482
RX Vega 3 1724
+258%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

HD Graphics 500 363
RX Vega 3 1172
+223%

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.

HD Graphics 500 3007
RX Vega 3 8536
+184%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

HD Graphics 500 24609
RX Vega 3 80755
+228%

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 HD8
−50%
12
+50%
1440p1
−200%
3−4
+200%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−40%
7
+40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−100%
6
+100%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Hitman 3 5−6
+0%
5
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−83.3%
21−24
+83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 6
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−100%
12−14
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−25.8%
35−40
+25.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−83.3%
21−24
+83.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 7−8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−83.3%
11
+83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−70%
17
+70%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−25.8%
35−40
+25.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−80%
9−10
+80%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−133%
7−8
+133%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%
Hitman 3 5−6
−60%
8−9
+60%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+33.3%
9
−33.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−50%
9
+50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
+150%
4
−150%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−25.8%
35−40
+25.8%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 7−8

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 5−6
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 3−4
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Hitman 3 7−8
−14.3%
8−9
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−100%
8−9
+100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−800%
18−20
+800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−100%
6−7
+100%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 2−3

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−100%
2−3
+100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 1−2
Far Cry 5 0−1 1−2

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−100%
4−5
+100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6
+0%
6
+0%
Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Metro Exodus 7
+0%
7
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Battlefield 5 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Metro Exodus 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

This is how HD Graphics 500 and RX Vega 3 compete in popular games:

  • RX Vega 3 is 50% faster in 1080p
  • RX Vega 3 is 200% faster in 1440p

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 500 is 150% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX Vega 3 is 800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • HD Graphics 500 is ahead in 2 tests (4%)
  • RX Vega 3 is ahead in 31 test (58%)
  • there's a draw in 20 tests (38%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.77 2.98
Recency 1 September 2015 6 January 2019
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 15 Watt

HD Graphics 500 has 50% lower power consumption.

RX Vega 3, on the other hand, has a 287% higher aggregate performance score, and an age advantage of 3 years.

The Radeon RX Vega 3 is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 500 in performance tests.


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