We could measure smooth frame rates in games like Dead Space 3, World of Tanks, Fifa 13, Torchlight 2, Counter-Strike: GO reach, Diablo 3, and many older games, though usually only in minimal detail settings. For accurate performance analysis and gaming benchmarks, read our article "Intel HD Graphics 3000" or scroll down in this article.Īltought 2x Antialiasing (AA) is supported, the chip is as fast as when rendering 4x AA.
The quality of the Intel drivers has been improved over the years, so most games are flawlessly playable (if the minimum requirements are fullfilled). GeForce 310M) and AMD ( HD 5450). In comparison with AMD's APU models, the HD 3000 can only compete against the C-and E-series, but not the faster Llano and Trinity models. Our performance tests with the high clocked mainstream version of the HD Graphics 3000 in quad-core processors showed a performance level on par with older entry level generations from NVIDIA (e.g. OpenCL is not supported (the media SDK only uses the CPU). The EUs can be accessed using DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.0 and DirectCompute 4.1.
The slower HD Graphics 2000 uses only 6 Execution Units. The HD 3000 offers 12 Execution Units (EUs) like the old Intel GMA HD but due to architectural changes each EU is now faster.