NVIDIA GeForce MX330 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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), 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 40% higher core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 1096 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1594 MHz vs 1176 MHz
813.4x more texture fill rate: 38.26 GTexel/s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
7.5x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 75 Watt

Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1531 MHz vs 1096 MHz
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz vs 1176 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 75 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
Around 66% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Around 3% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 10982 vs 10697
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 245 vs 228
Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3374 vs 2430
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3714 vs 2784
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3714 vs 2784
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5264 vs 3808
Around 38% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5264 vs 3808

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	10982 vs 10697
PassMark - G2D Mark	245 vs 228
PassMark - G3D Mark	3374 vs 2430
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3714 vs 2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3714 vs 2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	5264 vs 3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	5264 vs 3808

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10697

10982

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

245

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2430

3374

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3358

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2784

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2784

3714

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3808

5264

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3808

5264

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Geekbench - OpenCL	10697	10982
PassMark - G2D Mark	228	245
PassMark - G3D Mark	2430	3374
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2784	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2784	3714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3808	5264
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3808	5264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		54.294
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		795.325
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		3.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		51.794
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		174.513
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1231

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell
Code name	GP108	GM107
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	769	772
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz	1176 MHz
Core clock speed	1531 MHz	1096 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	640
Pixel fill rate	25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s	47.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count	1800 million	1,870 million
CUDA cores		640
Floating-point performance		1,505 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	1.2
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	80 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI