NVIDIA GeForce MX330 vs NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT 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).

NVIDIA GeForce MX330

NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Videocard is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 9 month(s) later
2.8x more core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 540 MHz
4448.8x more texture fill rate: 38.26 GTexel/s vs 8.6 billion / sec
12x more pipelines: 384 vs 32
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 80 nm
4.7x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 47 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
2.1x more memory clock speed: 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective) vs 700 MHz
5.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 228 vs 42
18.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2405 vs 131
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3352 vs 1397
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3352 vs 1397
6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 2784 vs 449
6.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 2784 vs 449

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 17 April 2007
Core clock speed	1531 MHz vs 540 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s vs 8.6 billion / sec
Pipelines	384 vs 32
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 80 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 47 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective) vs 700 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	228 vs 42
PassMark - G3D Mark	2405 vs 131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2784 vs 449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2784 vs 449

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2405

131

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

1397

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2784

449

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2784

449

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Geekbench - OpenCL	10706
PassMark - G2D Mark	228	42
PassMark - G3D Mark	2405	131
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	1397
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2784	449
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2784	449
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3808

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Tesla
Code name	GP108	G84
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	17 April 2007
Place in performance rating	757	1621
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$159
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz
Core clock speed	1531 MHz	540 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	32
Pixel fill rate	25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s	8.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	47 Watt
Transistor count	1800 million	289 million
Floating-point performance		76.16 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	None
Width	IGP
Length		170 mm
API support
DirectX	12.1	10.0
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	22.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)	700 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Standard memory config per GPU		256 MB
Technologies
SLI