Radeon HD 8330 vs FirePro V4900

Place in performance ranking	788	1142
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.41	0.01
Architecture	TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	Turks	Kabini
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	1 November 2011 (12 years ago)	23 May 2013 (11 years ago)
Current price	$155	$143

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro V4900 has 4000% better value for money than HD 8330.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	480	128
Core clock speed	800 MHz	500 MHz
Number of transistors	716 million	1,178 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	19.20	3.976
Floating-point performance	768.0 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro V4900 and Radeon HD 8330 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	IGP
Length	163 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	128 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	no data	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort

No outputs

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.2 (11_0)	12 (12_0)
Shader Model	5.0	6.3
OpenGL	4.4	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FirePro V4900 2.56
+282%

HD 8330 0.67

FirePro V4900 outperforms Radeon HD 8330 by 282% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

FirePro V4900 987
+280%

HD 8330 260

FirePro V4900 outperforms Radeon HD 8330 by 280% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

40−45
+264%

−264%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

10−11

+233%

3−4
−233%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +275%	12−14 −275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +250%	10−11 −250%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +275%	12−14 −275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +250%	10−11 −250%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	45−50 +275%	12−14 −275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24−27 +243%	7−8 −243%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 +250%	10−11 −250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Far Cry 5	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Hitman 3	21−24 +250%	6−7 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 +233%	3−4 −233%