NVIDIA GeForce MX330 vs AMD FirePro M5950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and AMD FirePro M5950 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce MX330

AMD FirePro M5950

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 725 MHz
2198.9x more texture fill rate: 38.26 GTexel/s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
3.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 35 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
9x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10876 vs 1206
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2453 vs 1314
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2784 vs 2590
Around 7% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2784 vs 2590
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3808 vs 1528
2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3808 vs 1528

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 4 January 2011
Core clock speed	1531 MHz vs 725 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s vs 17.4 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	10876 vs 1206
PassMark - G3D Mark	2453 vs 1314
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2784 vs 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2784 vs 2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3808 vs 1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3808 vs 1528

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro M5950

Around 25% higher pipelines: 480 vs 384
2.4x more memory clock speed: 3600 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 574 vs 230

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	480 vs 384
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	574 vs 230
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3354 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3354 vs 3352

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GPU 2: AMD FirePro M5950

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10876

1206

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

574

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2453

1314

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3354

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2784

2590

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2784

2590

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3808

1528

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3808

1528

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	AMD FirePro M5950
Geekbench - OpenCL	10876	1206
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	574
PassMark - G3D Mark	2453	1314
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2784	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2784	2590
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3808	1528
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3808	1528
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		1.199
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		323.699
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.535
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		16.137
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		66.638

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	AMD FirePro M5950
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale 2
Code name	GP108	Whistler
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	4 January 2011
Place in performance rating	765	995
Type	Laptop	Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz
Core clock speed	1531 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	38.26 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	19.13 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1,224 GFLOPS
Pipelines	384	480
Pixel fill rate	25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s	17.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	1800 million	716 million
Floating-point performance		696.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	IGP
Bus support		n / a
Form factor		MXM-A
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.1	11.2 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	57 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0