AMD Radeon R5 M330 vs AMD Radeon HD 8850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M330 and AMD Radeon HD 8850M videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M330

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 66% higher core clock speed: 955 MHz vs 575 MHz
  • Around 42% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 725 MHz
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 519 vs 502
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed 955 MHz vs 575 MHz
Boost clock speed 1030 MHz vs 725 MHz
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 519 vs 502

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8850M

  • Around 21% higher texture fill rate: 25 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
  • Around 21% better floating-point performance: 800.0 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 973 vs 596
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 7447 vs 5879
  • Around 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 84.378 vs 69.096
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2286 vs 1155
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2795 vs 1850
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3323 vs 2691
  • Around 98% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2286 vs 1155
  • Around 51% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2795 vs 1850
  • Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3323 vs 2691
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 25 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 320
Floating-point performance 800.0 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 973 vs 596
Geekbench - OpenCL 7447 vs 5879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 84.378 vs 69.096
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2286 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2795 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3323 vs 2691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2286 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2795 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3323 vs 2691

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M330
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8850M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
596
973
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
502
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5879
7447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
69.096
84.378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1850
2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2691
3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1850
2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2691
3323
Name AMD Radeon R5 M330 AMD Radeon HD 8850M
PassMark - G3D Mark 596 973
PassMark - G2D Mark 519 502
Geekbench - OpenCL 5879 7447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.096 84.378
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1155 2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1850 2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2691 3323
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1155 2286
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1850 2795
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2691 3323
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 435.842
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 31.637

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M330 AMD Radeon HD 8850M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 GCN 1.0
Code name Exo Venus
Design AMD Radeon R5 300 Series AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 1 April 2013
Place in performance rating 925 928
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz 725 MHz
Compute units 5 10
Core clock speed 955 MHz 575 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops 800.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 640
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 25 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 11
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 32 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 2000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore