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Intel HD 3000 vs Radeon HD 6870: measured FPS in 18 games

Median gap+1069%Radeon HD 6870 faster

Intel HD 3000 ahead0/18games, by more than 3%

Radeon HD 6870 ahead18/18games, by more than 3%

Within 3%0/18games

We have 18 published results where the Intel HD 3000 and the Radeon HD 6870 were tested in the same game, at the same resolution and preset, by the same outlet: 18 games in all, from Notebookcheck. Across those games the Radeon HD 6870 is a median 1069% faster than the Intel HD 3000. The Radeon HD 6870 is ahead by more than 3% in 18 of the 18 games and the Intel HD 3000 in 0.

Card pages: Intel HD 3000 (integrated / legacy) and Radeon HD 6870 (integrated / legacy), with every measured result and our estimates. How we pick sources.

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Both figures in a row come from the same outlet, game, resolution and preset. Results limited by a game's frame cap are left out. The last column is how much faster the quicker card is in that test.

Game	Setting	Intel HD 3000	Radeon HD 6870	Gap	Source
Call of Duty: Black Ops	1080p Ultra	6 FPS	87 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +1350%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Mafia II	1080p Ultra	9 FPS	75 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +733%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Sid Meier's Civilization V	1080p Ultra	5 FPS	41.5 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +730%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3	1080p Ultra	6.9 FPS	90 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +1204%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Deus Ex: Human Revolution	1080p Ultra	7 FPS	64 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +814%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Resident Evil 5	1080p Ultra	9 FPS	105.1 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +1068%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Crysis	1080p Ultra	3.1 FPS	36.6 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +1081%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Battlefield: Bad Company 2	1080p Ultra	6 FPS	69 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +1050%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Crysis 2	1080p Ultra	4 FPS	42 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +950%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Just Cause 2	1080p Ultra	2.7 FPS	40.4 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +1396%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin	1080p Ultra	5.6 FPS	129 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +2204%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Dirt 3	1080p Ultra	13 FPS	53 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +308%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Colin McRae: Dirt 2	1080p Ultra	13 FPS	77.3 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +495%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Anno 2070	1080p Ultra	3 FPS	44 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +1367%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Arma 2	1080p Ultra	3 FPS	38 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +1167%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
World in Conflict	1080p Ultra	4 FPS	59 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +1375%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
TrackMania Nations Forever	1080p Ultra	13 FPS	73.3 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +464%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance	1080p Ultra	4.7 FPS	55 FPS	Radeon HD 6870 +1070%	Notebookcheck: Intel HD 3000 · Radeon HD 6870

18 results in 18 games; FPS as published (2.7 to 129 FPS). Each game counts once in the summary: its gap is the median over its rows.

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