NVIDIA GeForce MX330 vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT 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).

NVIDIA GeForce MX330

ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 601 MHz
5306.5x more texture fill rate: 38.26 GTexel/s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 384 vs 240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
15x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 150 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
8.3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2416 vs 292
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 2648
Around 27% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 2648

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 6 November 2007
Core clock speed	1531 MHz vs 601 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s vs 7.21 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 240
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2416 vs 292
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 2648

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 344 vs 228

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	344 vs 228

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GPU 2: ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

344

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2416

292

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

2648

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

2648

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL	10706
PassMark - G2D Mark	228	344
PassMark - G3D Mark	2416	292
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	2648
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	2648
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	TeraScale
Code name	GP108	R600
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	6 November 2007
Place in performance rating	775	773
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz
Core clock speed	1531 MHz	601 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	80 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	240
Pixel fill rate	25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s	7.21 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	1800 million	720 million
Floating-point performance		288.48 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Width	IGP
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3