Mobility Radeon HD 4330 vs GeForce 9650M GT

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	not rated	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Terascale 1 (2008−2010)
GPU code name	NB9P-GT	M92-SE
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	19 August 2008 (15 years ago)	9 January 2009 (15 years ago)
Current price	$49	no data

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	80
CUDA cores	32	no data
Core clock speed	550 MHz	450 MHz
Number of transistors	314 million	242 million
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	55 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	8.800	3.600
Floating-point performance	84.8 gflops	72 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce 9650M GT and Mobility Radeon HD 4330 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.

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 2.0 x16

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	GDDR2, GDDR3	GDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	800 MHz	600 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	9.6 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	No outputs
Maximum VGA resolution	1920x1200	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	4.0	4.1
OpenGL	3.3	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	19 August 2008	9 January 2009
Maximum RAM amount	256 MB	512 MB

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