GeForce MX330 vs 8800 GS Mac Edition

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated571
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data43.82
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameG92GP108
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date31 January 2008 (16 years ago)10 February 2020 (4 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores64384
Core clock speed500 MHz1531 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1594 MHz
Number of transistors754 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology65 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)105 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate16.0038.26
Floating-point processing power0.16 TFLOPS1.224 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs3224

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceMXM-HEPCIe 3.0 x16
WidthMXM Moduleno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount512 MB2 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed799 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth51.14 GB/s48.06 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

Optimus-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model4.06.4
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA1.16.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 31 January 2008 10 February 2020
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 Watt 10 Watt

GeForce MX330 has an age advantage of 12 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 364.3% more advanced lithography process, and 950% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition and GeForce MX330. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition is a desktop card while GeForce MX330 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS Mac Edition
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