AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP vs NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP and NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 128 vs 48
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 127.2 gflops vs 105.6 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 261 vs 159
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 68 vs 53
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 August 2013 vs 22 February 2011
Pipelines 128 vs 48
Floating-point performance 127.2 gflops vs 105.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 33 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 261 vs 159
PassMark - G2D Mark 68 vs 53

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

  • Around 19% higher core clock speed: 589 MHz vs 497 MHz
  • Around 91% higher texture fill rate: 7.6 GTexel / s vs 3.976 GTexel / s
  • 4.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4683 vs 1082
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1062 vs 980
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1062 vs 980
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 589 MHz vs 497 MHz
Texture fill rate 7.6 GTexel / s vs 3.976 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 4683 vs 1082
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1062 vs 980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1062 vs 980

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
261
159
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
68
53
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
1082
4683
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
980
1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
980
1062
Name AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 261 159
PassMark - G2D Mark 68 53
Geekbench - OpenCL 1082 4683
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 470
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 619
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 619
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 980 1062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 980 1062

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8330 IGP NVIDIA GeForce 315 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 2.0 Tesla 2.0
Code name Kalindi GT218
Launch date 13 August 2013 22 February 2011
Place in performance rating 1612 1615
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 497 MHz 589 MHz
Floating-point performance 127.2 gflops 105.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 128 48
Texture fill rate 3.976 GTexel / s 7.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,178 million 260 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface IGP PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 168 mm
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 10.1
OpenGL 4.5 3.3

Memory

Memory type System Shared DDR3
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 12.64 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1200 MHz