Radeon RX 560 vs HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2)
Summary
Reasons to consider Radeon RX 560 |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications. |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports FreeSync |
| Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports TrueAudio |
| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
Reasons to consider HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) |
HWBench recommends Radeon RX 560
Based on theoretical specifications.
Core Configuration
| Radeon RX 560 | | HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) | |
|---|
| GPU Name | Baffin (Baffin XT) | vs | Sandy Bridge GT2 () |
| Fab Process | 14 nm | vs | 32 nm |
| Die Size | 123 mm² | vs | 216 mm² |
| Transistors | 3,000 million | vs | 189 million |
| Shaders | 1024 | vs | 12 |
| Compute Units | 16 | vs | 0 |
| Core clock | 1090 MHz | vs | 850 MHz |
| ROPs | 16 | vs | 2 |
| TMUs | 64 | vs | 2 |
Memory Configuration
| Radeon RX 560 | | HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | vs | System Shared |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | System Shared |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
7000 MHz effective | vs | System Shared |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | vs | 0 Mb |
Additional details
| Radeon RX 560 | | HD Graphics 3000 (Sandy Bridge GT2) | |
|---|
| TDP | 75 watts | vs | 0 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Apr 2017 | vs | 1 Feb 2011 |
GigaPixels - higher is better
GigaTexels - higher is better
GFLOPs - higher is better