NVIDIA GeForce MX330 vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 1180 MHz
  • 3609.4x more texture fill rate: 38.26 GTexel/s vs 10.6 billion / sec
  • 2.7x more pipelines: 384 vs 144
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 40 nm
  • 3.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 35 Watt
  • Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective) vs 1250 MHz
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 230 vs 203
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2454 vs 811
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 vs 3 September 2010
Core clock speed 1531 MHz vs 1180 MHz
Texture fill rate 38.26 GTexel/s vs 10.6 billion / sec
Pipelines 384 vs 144
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt vs 35 Watt
Memory clock speed 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective) vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 230 vs 203
PassMark - G3D Mark 2454 vs 811
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 vs 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 vs 3350

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 3 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 12379 vs 10876
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3274 vs 2784
  • Around 18% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3274 vs 2784
Specifications (specs)
Maximum memory size 3 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 12379 vs 10876
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3274 vs 2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3274 vs 2784

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
10876
12379
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
230
203
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
2454
811
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
3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2784
3274
Name NVIDIA GeForce MX330 NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
Geekbench - OpenCL 10876 12379
PassMark - G2D Mark 230 203
PassMark - G3D Mark 2454 811
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352 3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2784 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2784 3274
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3808

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce MX330 NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M

Essentials

Architecture Pascal Fermi
Code name GP108 GF106
Launch date 10 Feb 2020 3 September 2010
Place in performance rating 765 866
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1594 MHz
Core clock speed 1531 MHz 1180 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 384 144
Pixel fill rate 25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 38.26 GTexel/s 10.6 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 10 Watt 35 Watt
Transistor count 1800 million 1,170 million
CUDA cores 144
Floating-point performance 339.8 gflops

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Width IGP
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12.1 12 API
OpenCL 1.2 1.1
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 3 GB
Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB/s 60.0 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective) 1250 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DirectCompute
DirectX 11 DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI