NVIDIA GeForce MX330 vs AMD Radeon E8950

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and AMD Radeon E8950 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 Radeon E8950

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 1594 MHz vs 1000 MHz
298.9x more texture fill rate: 38.26 GTexel/s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
9.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 95 Watt

Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 29 September 2015
Core clock speed	1531 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s vs 128.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E8950

5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
4x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)

Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GPU 2: AMD Radeon E8950

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	AMD Radeon E8950
Geekbench - OpenCL	10840
PassMark - G2D Mark	229
PassMark - G3D Mark	2433
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3808
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		66.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1369.722
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		6.633
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		65.836
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		326.391

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	AMD Radeon E8950
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 3.0
Code name	GP108	Amethyst
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	29 September 2015
Place in performance rating	770	772
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz	1000 MHz
Core clock speed	1531 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 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	2048
Pixel fill rate	25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s	128.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	95 Watt
Transistor count	1800 million	5,000 million
Floating-point performance		4,096 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	192.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)	6000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5