NVIDIA GeForce MX330 vs AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop) 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: 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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 RX 460 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Around 33% higher boost clock speed: 1594 MHz vs 1200 MHz
579x more texture fill rate: 38.26 GTexel/s vs 66.08 GTexel / s
7x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 70 Watt

Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 8 August 2016
Core clock speed	1531 MHz vs 1090 MHz
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s vs 66.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 70 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

2.3x more pipelines: 896 vs 384
4.7x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
6.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 65217 vs 10697

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	896 vs 384
Memory clock speed	7000 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	65217 vs 10697

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10697

65217

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
Geekbench - OpenCL	10697	65217
PassMark - G2D Mark	228
PassMark - G3D Mark	2430
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
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1728
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		970.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.656
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		76.881
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		237.944

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	GCN 4.0
Code name	GP108	Baffin
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	8 August 2016
Place in performance rating	769	770
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX 400 Series
GCN generation		4th Gen
Launch price (MSRP)		$86
Price now		$179.50
Value for money (0-100)		26.72
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1531 MHz	1090 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 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	896
Pixel fill rate	25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s	66.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	70 Watt
Transistor count	1800 million	3,000 million
Compute units		14
Floating-point performance		2.2 TFLOPs
GPU Power		35-48 Watt
Stream Processors		896
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	IGP
Bridgeless CrossFire
Laptop size		large
Recommended system power (PSU)		400 Watt
API support
DirectX	12.1	12
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	112 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)	7000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 2.0
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
ZeroCore