HD Graphics 3000 vs Radeon RX 550 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 550 Mobile with HD Graphics 3000, including specs and performance data.

RX 550 Mobile
2017
2 GB GDDR5, 50 Watt
6.96
+955%

RX 550 Mobile outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by a whopping 955% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking5521183
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.47no data
Power efficiency9.64no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Generation 6.0 (2011)
GPU code nameLexaSandy Bridge GT2+
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2 July 2017 (7 years ago)1 February 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79.99 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores64096
Core clock speed1100 MHz650 MHz
Boost clock speed1287 MHz1300 MHz
Number of transistors2,200 million1,160 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Wattunknown
Texture fill rate51.4815.60
Floating-point processing power1.647 TFLOPS0.2496 TFLOPS
ROPs162
TMUs4012

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8Ring Bus
Widthno dataIGP

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 width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth96 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.44.1
OpenGL4.63.1
OpenCL2.0N/A
Vulkan1.2.131N/A

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.

RX 550 Mobile 6.96
+955%
HD Graphics 3000 0.66

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.

RX 550 Mobile 23050
+821%
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 HD16
+77.8%
9
−77.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.00no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10
+233%
3−4
−233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8 0−1
Battlefield 5 20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+1050%
4−5
−1050%
Hitman 3 12
+140%
5−6
−140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+273%
10−12
−273%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
+283%
6−7
−283%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+76.7%
30−33
−76.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8 0−1
Battlefield 5 20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+1050%
4−5
−1050%
Hitman 3 12
+140%
5−6
−140%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+273%
10−12
−273%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+1900%
1−2
−1900%
Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 24
+300%
6−7
−300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
+110%
10−11
−110%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
+76.7%
30−33
−76.7%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
+350%
4−5
−350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
+367%
3−4
−367%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Far Cry 5 16−18
+1500%
1−2
−1500%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+1050%
4−5
−1050%
Hitman 3 14−16
+180%
5−6
−180%
Horizon Zero Dawn 40−45
+273%
10−12
−273%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16
+167%
6−7
−167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24
+140%
10−11
−140%
Watch Dogs: Legion 4
−650%
30−33
+650%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 18−20
+1800%
1−2
−1800%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−12
+1000%
1−2
−1000%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Far Cry 5 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+1100%
2−3
−1100%
Hitman 3 10−12
+83.3%
6−7
−83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
+400%
3−4
−400%
Metro Exodus 7−8 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
+2100%
2−3
−2100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 6−7 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6 0−1
Hitman 3 3−4 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
+2000%
1−2
−2000%
Metro Exodus 4−5 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
+300%
1−2
−300%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2 0−1
Far Cry 5 4−5 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 7−8 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+250%
2−3
−250%

This is how RX 550 Mobile and HD Graphics 3000 compete in popular games:

  • RX 550 Mobile is 78% 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 RX 550 Mobile is 2100% faster.
  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 3000 is 650% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RX 550 Mobile is ahead in 34 tests (97%)
  • HD Graphics 3000 is ahead in 1 test (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.96 0.66
Recency 2 July 2017 1 February 2011
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm

RX 550 Mobile has a 954.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon RX 550 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 3000 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 Mobile is a notebook card while HD Graphics 3000 is a desktop one.


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