NVIDIA GeForce MX330 vs AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and AMD Radeon HD 8790M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce MX330

AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 80% higher core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 850 MHz
Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 1594 MHz vs 850 MHz
1771.3x more texture fill rate: 38.26 GTexel/s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10876 vs 4806
Around 88% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2454 vs 1306
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 2014
Around 66% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 2014
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2784 vs 2656
Around 5% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2784 vs 2656
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3808 vs 2181
Around 75% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3808 vs 2181

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 1 April 2013
Core clock speed	1531 MHz vs 850 MHz
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s vs 21.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	10876 vs 4806
PassMark - G3D Mark	2454 vs 1306
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2784 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2784 vs 2656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3808 vs 2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3808 vs 2181

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8790M

2.7x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
3.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 751 vs 230

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	751 vs 230

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8790M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10876

4806

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

230

751

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2454

1306

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

2014

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

2014

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2784

2656

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2784

2656

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3808

2181

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3808

2181

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Geekbench - OpenCL	10876	4806
PassMark - G2D Mark	230	751
PassMark - G3D Mark	2454	1306
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	2014
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	2014
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2784	2656
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2784	2656
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3808	2181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3808	2181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		12.759
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		465.631
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.576
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		28.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		80.418
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1607

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 1.0
Code name	GP108	Mars
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	1 April 2013
Place in performance rating	765	855
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz	850 MHz
Core clock speed	1531 MHz	850 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	384
Pixel fill rate	25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s	21.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt
Transistor count	1800 million	1,040 million
Compute units		6
Floating-point performance		691.2 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	None
Width	IGP
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.1	11
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.4
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	64 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)	4000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0