GeForce GT 635M vs GT 330M

Place in performance ranking	1177	947
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	0.26
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code name	N11P-GE1	N13E-GE2
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	6 December 2011 (12 years ago)
Current price	$448	$55

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 330M and GT 635M 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	144
CUDA cores	48	Up to 144
Core clock speed	575 MHz	Up to 675 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	753 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	1,170 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.200	Up to 16.2 billion/sec
Floating-point performance	121.44 gflops	253.4 gflops
Gigaflops	182	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 330M and GeForce GT 635M 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	PCI Express 2.0
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
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	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	Up to 192bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	1800 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	Up to 43.2 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	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort	No outputs
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
HDCP	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	Up to 2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	no data	+
Optimus	no data	+
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)	12 API
Shader Model	4.1	5.1
OpenGL	2.1	4.5
OpenCL	1.1	1.1
Vulkan	N/A	N/A
CUDA	+	+

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

GT 635M 1.45
+164%

GT 635M outperforms GT 330M by 164% 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%

GT 330M 214

GT 635M 561
+162%

GT 635M outperforms GT 330M by 162% in Passmark.

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

GT 635M 4995
+88%

GT 635M outperforms GT 330M by 88% 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 −140%	24−27 +140%
Full HD	16 −56.3%	25 +56.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	no data
Hitman 3	2−3	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2	no data
Hitman 3	2−3	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4	no data
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4	no data
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14	no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8	no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4	no data
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10	no data