AMD Caicos
VS
Intel HD Graphics 3000
AMD Caicos
VS
Intel HD Graphics 3000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards AMD Caicos and Intel HD Graphics 3000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
993
TeraScale 2
Architecture
Gen. 6 Sandy Bridge
Caicos
Code name
Sandy Bridge GT2
Desktop
Type
Laptop
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Release date
1 February 2011 (10 years ago)
$10.38
Price now
$476
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Value for money
0.01
Caicos
GPU code name
Sandy Bridge
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between AMD Caicos and Intel HD Graphics 3000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

160
Pipelines
96
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Core clock speed
350 MHz
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Boost Clock
1150 MHz
370 million
Transistor count
995 million
40 nm
Manufacturing process technology
32 nm
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Texture fill rate
13.80
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Floating-point performance
20.4 gflops
160
Pipelines / CUDA cores
12
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Boost clock speed
1350 MHz
370 million
Number of transistors
995 million

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the AMD Caicos and Intel HD Graphics 3000.

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Interface
PCIe 1.0 x16

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics AMD Caicos and Intel HD Graphics 3000 can be seen in this section.

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Memory type
System Shared
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Memory bus width
64/128 Bit
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Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards AMD Caicos and Intel HD Graphics 3000, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The difference in supported APIs is AMD Caicos and Intel HD Graphics 3000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

11.2 (11_0)
DirectX
11.1 (10_1)
4.4
OpenGL
3.1

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Caicos and Intel HD Graphics 3000 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Caicos or Intel HD Graphics 3000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Caicos
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Caicos
Intel HD Graphics 3000
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Caicos
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Caicos
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Caicos
Intel HD Graphics 3000
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of AMD Caicos

Cheaper ($10.38 vs $476)

More pipelines (160 vs 96)

Advantages of Intel HD Graphics 3000

2.18% faster in synthetic tests

Finer manufacturing process technology (32 nm vs 40 nm)

So, AMD Caicos or Intel HD Graphics 3000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend Intel HD Graphics 3000 .

AMD Caicos versus Intel HD Graphics 3000 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score AMD Caicos
5.0 Out of 1 CpusData Score Intel HD Graphics 3000