AMD Radeon R5 M330 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M330 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon R5 M330

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M330

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 45 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 519 vs 225

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	5 May 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt vs 45 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	519 vs 225

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Around 75% higher texture fill rate: 36.08 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
Around 75% better floating-point performance: 1,155 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
4.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2516 vs 596
Around 65% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9705 vs 5879
2.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 151.016 vs 69.096
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 1155
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 1850
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3353 vs 2691
3.3x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 1155
Around 99% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 1850
Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3353 vs 2691

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	36.08 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 320
Floating-point performance	1,155 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2516 vs 596
Geekbench - OpenCL	9705 vs 5879
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	151.016 vs 69.096
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3817 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3353 vs 2691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3817 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3353 vs 2691

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M330
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

596

2516

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

519

225

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5879

9705

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

69.096

151.016

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1155

3817

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1850

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2691

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1155

3817

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1850

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2691

3353

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M330	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
PassMark - G3D Mark	596	2516
PassMark - G2D Mark	519	225
Geekbench - OpenCL	5879	9705
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	69.096	151.016
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1155	3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1850	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2691	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1155	3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1850	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2691	3353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.889
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		979

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M330	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Exo	GM107
Design	AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date	5 May 2015	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	927	929
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	955 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops	1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	640
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	36.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	18 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCIe 3.0	PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
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	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 or GDDR5
Technologies
DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA