NVIDIA GeForce MX330 vs AMD Radeon HD 6790

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and AMD Radeon HD 6790 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 82% higher core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 840 MHz
  • 1138.7x more texture fill rate: 38.26 GTexel/s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 15x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2454 vs 1616
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3808 vs 3127
  • Around 22% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3808 vs 3127
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 4 April 2011
Core clock speed 1531 MHz vs 840 MHz
Texture fill rate 38.26 GTexel/s vs 33.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 2454 vs 1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3808 vs 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3808 vs 3127

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 6790

  • 2.1x more pipelines: 800 vs 384
  • 2.8x more memory clock speed: 4200 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 374 vs 230
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3534 vs 2784
  • Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3534 vs 2784
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 800 vs 384
Memory clock speed 4200 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 374 vs 230
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3534 vs 2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3534 vs 2784

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 6790

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
230
374
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2454
1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3352
3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2784
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2784
3534
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3808
3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3808
3127
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX330 AMD Radeon HD 6790
Geekbench - OpenCL 10876
PassMark - G2D Mark 230 374
PassMark - G3D Mark 2454 1616
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2784 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2784 3534
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3808 3127
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3808 3127
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 748.068
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 28.768
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 121.423

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX330 AMD Radeon HD 6790

Essentials

Architecture Pascal TeraScale 2
Code name GP108 Barts
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 4 April 2011
Place in performance rating 765 857
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $149
Price now $64.99
Value for money (0-100) 39.40

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1594 MHz
Core clock speed 1531 MHz 840 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 384 800
Pixel fill rate 25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 38.26 GTexel/s 33.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 150 Watt
Transistor count 1800 million 1,700 million
Floating-point performance 1,344.0 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 2x 6-pin
Width IGP
Length 198 mm

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 134.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective) 4200 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5