Radeon HD 6330M vs GeForce GT 320M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1346not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency1.32no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)TeraScale 2 (2009−2015)
GPU code nameG96CRobson
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 June 2009 (15 years ago)26 November 2010 (14 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 cores3280
Core clock speed500 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors314 million292 million
Manufacturing process technology55 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)14 Watt7 Watt
Texture fill rate8.0004.000
Floating-point processing power0.08 TFLOPS0.08 TFLOPS
ROPs84
TMUs168

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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
InterfaceMXM-IIPCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount512 MB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz800 MHz
Memory bandwidth25.6 GB/s12.8 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

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model4.05.0
OpenGL3.34.4
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA1.1-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 June 2009 26 November 2010
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 1 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 14 Watt 7 Watt

HD 6330M has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 37.5% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 320M and Radeon HD 6330M. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
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