HD Graphics 3000 vs UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) and HD Graphics 3000, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)
2021
15 Watt
14.36
+2076%

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) outperforms HD Graphics 3000 by a whopping 2076% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking3641192
Place by popularitynot in top-10069
Architectureno dataGeneration 6.0 (2011)
GPU code nameRocket Lake GT1Sandy Bridge GT2+
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date30 March 2021 (3 years ago)1 February 2011 (13 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 coresno data96
Core clock speedno data650 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1300 MHz
Number of transistorsno data1,160 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattunknown
Texture fill rateno data15.60
Floating-point processing powerno data0.2496 TFLOPS
ROPsno data2
TMUsno data12

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).

Interfaceno dataRing Bus

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 typeno dataSystem Shared
Maximum RAM amountno dataSystem Shared
Memory bus widthno dataSystem Shared
Memory clock speedno dataSystem 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 Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data11.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGLno data3.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/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.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 14.36
+2076%
HD Graphics 3000 0.66

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.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 1768
+12.8%
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.

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) 83293
+3228%
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 HD13
+62.5%
8
−62.5%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+2450%
2−3
−2450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+2425%
4−5
−2425%
Hitman 3 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+618%
10−12
−618%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+2550%
2−3
−2550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+750%
6−7
−750%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+167%
30−33
−167%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Battlefield 5 50−55
+2450%
2−3
−2450%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Far Cry New Dawn 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+2425%
4−5
−2425%
Hitman 3 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+618%
10−12
−618%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+2550%
2−3
−2550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12
+100%
6−7
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+270%
10−11
−270%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+167%
30−33
−167%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+800%
4−5
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
+2500%
1−2
−2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
+700%
3−4
−700%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+3600%
1−2
−3600%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+2425%
4−5
−2425%
Hitman 3 30−33
+500%
5−6
−500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+618%
10−12
−618%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 50−55
+750%
6−7
−750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
+270%
10−11
−270%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
+167%
30−33
−167%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
+4200%
1−2
−4200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
+2900%
1−2
−2900%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+2300%
1−2
−2300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 16−18 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+1700%
1−2
−1700%
Forza Horizon 4 80−85
+2667%
3−4
−2667%
Hitman 3 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+967%
3−4
−967%
Metro Exodus 27−30
+2700%
1−2
−2700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 95−100
+4700%
2−3
−4700%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
+767%
3−4
−767%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 14−16 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14 0−1
Hitman 3 10−12 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+2533%
3−4
−2533%
Metro Exodus 16−18 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
+800%
1−2
−800%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7−8 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 8−9 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4 0−1
Far Cry 5 8−9 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 21−24 0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+600%
2−3
−600%

This is how UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) and HD Graphics 3000 compete in popular games:

  • UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is 63% 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 UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is 4700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) surpassed HD Graphics 3000 in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 14.36 0.66
Recency 30 March 2021 1 February 2011
Chip lithography 14 nm 32 nm

UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) has a 2075.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, and a 128.6% more advanced lithography process.

The UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake) is our recommended choice as it beats the HD Graphics 3000 in performance tests.


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