NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M vs NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M and NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT 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 GT 330M

NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 5% higher texture fill rate: 9.2 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 48 vs 32
Around 43% better floating-point performance: 121.44 gflops vs 84.8 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 40 nm vs 65 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 1 GB vs 256 MB
Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 216 vs 137
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 1903 vs 1465
Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 1903 vs 1465

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 January 2010 vs 19 August 2008
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s vs 8.8 GTexel / s
Pipelines	48 vs 32
Floating-point performance	121.44 gflops vs 84.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm vs 65 nm
Maximum memory size	1 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	216 vs 137
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1903 vs 1465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1903 vs 1465

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 57 vs 43

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	57 vs 43

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

137

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1903

1465

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1903

1465

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
PassMark - G3D Mark	216	137
PassMark - G2D Mark	43	57
Geekbench - OpenCL	5251
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	1903	1465
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	1903	1465

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M	NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla 2.0	Tesla
Code name	GT216	G96
Launch date	10 January 2010	19 August 2008
Place in performance rating	1578	1580
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
CUDA cores	48	32
Floating-point performance	121.44 gflops	84.8 gflops
Gigaflops	182
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Pipelines	48	32
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s	8.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	23 Watt	23 Watt
Transistor count	486 million	314 million
Core clock speed		550 MHz
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort	No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	1920x1200
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	MXM-II
Laptop size	medium sized	medium sized
API support
DirectX	10.1	10.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB / s	25.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory type	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR2, GDDR3
Shared memory	0	0
Memory clock speed		1600 MHz
Technologies
CUDA
HybridPower
Power management	8.0
SLI
PCI-E 2.0