NVIDIA GeForce 310M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 310M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 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, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 310M

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 310M

Around 64% lower typical power consumption: 14 Watt vs 23 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt vs 23 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Around 84% higher texture fill rate: 9.2 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
3x more pipelines: 48 vs 16
2.5x better floating-point performance: 121.44 gflops vs 48.96 gflops
Around 81% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 219 vs 121
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 42 vs 22
Around 78% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5251 vs 2949
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1903 vs 1167
Around 63% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1903 vs 1167

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 16
Floating-point performance	121.44 gflops vs 48.96 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	219 vs 121
PassMark - G2D Mark	42 vs 22
Geekbench - OpenCL	5251 vs 2949
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1903 vs 1167
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1903 vs 1167

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 310M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

121

219

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

2949

5251

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1167

1903

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1167

1903

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
PassMark - G3D Mark	121	219
PassMark - G2D Mark	22	42
Geekbench - OpenCL	2949	5251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1167	1903
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1167	1903

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GT218	GT216
Launch date	10 January 2010	10 January 2010
Place in performance rating	1673	1574
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	1530 MHz
CUDA cores	16	48
Floating-point performance	48.96 gflops	121.44 gflops
Gigaflops	73	182
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	16	48
Texture fill rate	5 GTexel / s	9.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	14 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	260 million	486 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.1
OpenGL	3.3	2.1
Memory
Memory bandwidth	12.64 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Maximum RAM amount		1 GB
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0	8.0
SLI