GeForce MX330 vs 320M

Place in performance ranking	1183	545
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.33
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	MCP89	N17S-LP / N17S-G3
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 April 2010 (14 years ago)	20 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Current price	$408	$1079

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce 320M and GeForce MX330 have a nearly equal value for money.

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	32	384
Core clock speed	450 MHz	1531 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1594 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	25 Watt (12 - 25 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	7.200	38.26

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 320M and GeForce MX330 compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

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	System Shared	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	2 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	48.06 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.4
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	N/A	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	no data	6.1

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.

GeForce 320M 0.54

GeForce MX330 6.33
+1072%

MX330 outperforms 320M by 1072% 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%

GeForce 320M 209

GeForce MX330 2443
+1069%

MX330 outperforms 320M by 1069% 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	12 −83.3%	22 +83.3%
4K	2−3 −1100%	24 +1100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

0−1

10−11

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	11
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	10−11
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1250%	27 +1250%
Hitman 3	1−2 −1500%	16 +1500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −1200%	39 +1200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1300%	14 +1300%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1300%	14 +1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	10
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	10−11
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%
Hitman 3	1−2 −1100%	12 +1100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 −1078%	106 +1078%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%
Watch Dogs: Legion	6−7 −1150%	75 +1150%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	7
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	4
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	10−11
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −1500%	16 +1500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 −2000%	21−24 +2000%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1100%	12 +1100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −1200%	24−27 +1200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	8−9
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	3−4
Far Cry 5	0−1	10−11
Hitman 3	0−1	10−11
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

10−12

4K
High Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn

0−1

6−7

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	4−5
Horizon Zero Dawn	0−1	6−7
Metro Exodus	0−1	7−8

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

7−8

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	9
Battlefield 5	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2000%	21 +2000%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1450%	31 +1450%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1250%	27 +1250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1200%	26 +1200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	8
Battlefield 5	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1700%	18 +1700%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −1600%	17 +1600%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −2000%	21 +2000%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	7−8
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1100%	12 +1100%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −1500%	16 +1500%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

0−1

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −1100%	12−14 +1100%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	9−10

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	6−7
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	1−2
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	10−12
Metro Exodus	0−1	6−7
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	3−4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	5−6
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	3−4

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	5−6
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	4−5
Hitman 3	0−1	2−3
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	2−3
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	3−4

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	3−4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	3−4
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	0−1	3−4
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	6−7
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	2−3