Intel HD Graphics 3000 vs AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Comparative analysis of Intel HD Graphics 3000 and AMD Radeon HD 6630M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel HD Graphics 3000

  • Around 70% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 32 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 1137 vs 1055
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 1137 vs 1055
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm vs 40 nm
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1137 vs 1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1137 vs 1055

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6630M

  • 7.1x more texture fill rate: 12 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
  • 40x more pipelines: 480 vs 12
  • 23.5x better floating-point performance: 480.0 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 685 vs 261
  • 11.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 390 vs 35
  • 23.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 2368 vs 101
  • 23.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 2368 vs 101
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 12 GTexel / s vs 1.7 GTexel / s
Pipelines 480 vs 12
Floating-point performance 480.0 gflops vs 20.4 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 685 vs 261
PassMark - G2D Mark 390 vs 35
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2368 vs 101
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2368 vs 101

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Intel HD Graphics 3000
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6630M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
261
685
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
35
390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137
1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1137
1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
101
2368
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
101
2368
Name Intel HD Graphics 3000 AMD Radeon HD 6630M
PassMark - G3D Mark 261 685
PassMark - G2D Mark 35 390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1137 1055
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1137 1055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 101 2368
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 101 2368
Geekbench - OpenCL 984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 2.847
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 142.549
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 9.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 42.818
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 424
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 424

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel HD Graphics 3000 AMD Radeon HD 6630M

Essentials

Architecture Generation 6.0 TeraScale 2
Code name Sandy Bridge GT2 Whistler
Launch date 1 February 2011 4 January 2011
Place in performance rating 1604 1370
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 850 MHz 500 MHz
Floating-point performance 20.4 gflops 480.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 12 480
Texture fill rate 1.7 GTexel / s 12 GTexel / s
Transistor count 995 million 716 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 26 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 1.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 10.1 11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL 3.1 4.4

Memory

Memory bus width 64 / 128 Bit 128 Bit
Shared memory 1 0
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 25.6 GB / s
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz
Memory type DDR3