GeForce 8700M GT SLI vs GT 330M

Place in performance ranking	1177	1113
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.01
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	G8x (2007−2008)
GPU code name	N11P-GE1	NB8E-SE
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	18 September 2007 (16 years ago)
Current price	$448	$545

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 330M and 8700M GT SLI 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	48	64
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	625 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	578 Million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	80 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	58 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.200	no data
Floating-point performance	121.44 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	182	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 330M and GeForce 8700M GT SLI 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	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	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	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	no data
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	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

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

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	10
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	2.1	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	no data
CUDA	+	no data

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.

GT 330M 0.55

8700M GT SLI 0.78
+41.8%

8700M GT SLI outperforms GT 330M by 42% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 330M 2658
+21%

8700M GT SLI 2196

GT 330M outperforms 8700M GT SLI by 21% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p	10 −40%	14−16 +40%
Full HD	16 −31.3%	21−24 +31.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

+0%

3−4

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −12.5%	9−10 +12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −9.1%	12−14 +9.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −33.3%	4−5 +33.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%