AMD Radeon R5 M330 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M330 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M330

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 955 MHz vs 914 MHz
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 993 MHz
  • 4.2x lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 75 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 519 vs 258
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 955 MHz vs 914 MHz
Boost clock speed 1030 MHz vs 993 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 519 vs 258

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

  • Around 93% higher texture fill rate: 39.72 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 640 vs 320
  • Around 93% better floating-point performance: 1,271 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
  • 4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 4.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2557 vs 596
  • Around 75% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10292 vs 5879
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1973 vs 1155
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2188 vs 1850
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3289 vs 2691
  • Around 71% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1973 vs 1155
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2188 vs 1850
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3289 vs 2691
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 39.72 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 320
Floating-point performance 1,271 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2557 vs 596
Geekbench - OpenCL 10292 vs 5879
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1973 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2188 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3289 vs 2691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1973 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2188 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3289 vs 2691

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M330
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
596
2557
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
258
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5879
10292
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1850
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2691
3289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1850
2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2691
3289
Name AMD Radeon R5 M330 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
PassMark - G3D Mark 596 2557
PassMark - G2D Mark 519 258
Geekbench - OpenCL 5879 10292
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.096
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1155 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1850 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2691 3289
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1155 1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1850 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2691 3289

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M330 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Exo GM107
Design AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 924 926
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz 993 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 955 MHz 914 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops 1,271 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 640
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 39.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt 75 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,870 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 MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 64 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 128 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 4000 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore