NVIDIA GeForce MX330 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce MX330 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M 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 970M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 66% higher core clock speed: 1531 MHz vs 924 MHz
Around 54% higher boost clock speed: 1594 MHz vs 1038 MHz
460.7x more texture fill rate: 38.26 GTexel/s vs 83.04 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
8.1x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 81 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	10 Feb 2020 vs 7 October 2014
Core clock speed	1531 MHz vs 924 MHz
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz vs 1038 MHz
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s vs 83.04 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 81 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352 vs 3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352 vs 3342

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

3.3x more pipelines: 1280 vs 384
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB
Around 66% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 19001 vs 10706
Around 66% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 378 vs 228
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 5691 vs 2405
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3699 vs 2784
Around 33% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3699 vs 2784
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 8546 vs 3808
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 8546 vs 3808

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	1280 vs 384
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz vs 1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	19001 vs 10706
PassMark - G2D Mark	378 vs 228
PassMark - G3D Mark	5691 vs 2405
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3699 vs 2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3699 vs 2784
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	8546 vs 3808
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	8546 vs 3808

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce MX330
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

10706

19001

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

228

378

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2405

5691

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3352

3342

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2784

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2784

3699

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3808

8546

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3808

8546

Name	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Geekbench - OpenCL	10706	19001
PassMark - G2D Mark	228	378
PassMark - G3D Mark	2405	5691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3352	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3352	3342
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2784	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2784	3699
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3808	8546
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3808	8546
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		59.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1113.788
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		4.157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.101
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		81.909
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		472

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce MX330	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Essentials
Architecture	Pascal	Maxwell 2.0
Code name	GP108	GM204
Launch date	10 Feb 2020	7 October 2014
Place in performance rating	757	568
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Launch price (MSRP)		$2,560.89
Price now		$1,899
Value for money (0-100)		3.99
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1594 MHz	1038 MHz
Core clock speed	1531 MHz	924 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	1280
Pixel fill rate	25.50 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	38.26 GTexel/s	83.04 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt	81 Watt
Transistor count	1800 million	5,200 million
CUDA cores		1280
Floating-point performance		2,657 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		1
G-SYNC support
HDMI
VGA аnalog display support		1
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		1
API support
DirectX	12.1	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	120 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz (6008 MHz effective)	2500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
DSR
GameStream
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI