AMD Radeon R5 M330 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M330 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 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).

AMD Radeon R5 M330

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M330

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 955 MHz vs 620 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
5.6x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 100 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 519 vs 349
Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 69.096 vs 67.215

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 28 June 2011
Core clock speed	955 MHz vs 620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 100 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	519 vs 349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	69.096 vs 67.215

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 39.7 billion / sec vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 44% better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
3.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2074 vs 596
Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6389 vs 5879
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2664 vs 1155
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 1850
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3318 vs 2691
2.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2664 vs 1155
Around 96% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 1850
Around 23% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3318 vs 2691

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	39.7 billion / sec vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2074 vs 596
Geekbench - OpenCL	6389 vs 5879
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2664 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3626 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3318 vs 2691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2664 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3626 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3318 vs 2691

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M330
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

596

2074

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

349

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5879

6389

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

69.096

67.215

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1155

2664

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1850

3626

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2691

3318

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1155

2664

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1850

3626

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2691

3318

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M330	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
PassMark - G3D Mark	596	2074
PassMark - G2D Mark	519	349
Geekbench - OpenCL	5879	6389
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	69.096	67.215
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1155	2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1850	3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2691	3318
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1155	2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1850	3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2691	3318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.702

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M330	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Fermi 2.0
Code name	Exo	GF114
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	28 June 2011
Place in performance rating	923	926
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	955 MHz	620 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	320	384
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	39.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,950 million
CUDA cores		384
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12	12 API
Mantle
OpenCL	Not Listed	1.1
OpenGL	4.4	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI