Radeon HD 2600 XT vs GeForce GT 330M

Place in performance ranking	1177	1123
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	N11P-GE1	RV630
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	28 June 2007 (16 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$199
Current price	$448	$144 (0.7x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GT 330M and ATI HD 2600 XT 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	120
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	800 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	390 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	9.200	6.400
Floating-point performance	121.44 gflops	192 gflops
Gigaflops	182	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 330M and Radeon HD 2600 XT compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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-A (3.0)	PCIe 1.0 x16
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	256 MB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	1400 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	22.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	no data

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	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
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)	10.0 (10_0)
Shader Model	4.1	4.0
OpenGL	2.1	3.3
OpenCL	1.1	N/A
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.

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

ATI HD 2600 XT 0.73
+32.7%

Radeon HD 2600 XT outperforms GeForce GT 330M by 33% 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

ATI HD 2600 XT 282
+31.8%

Radeon HD 2600 XT outperforms GeForce GT 330M by 32% in Passmark.

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 −20%	12−14 +20%
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	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%

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	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8−9 −25%	10−11 +25%
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	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −27.3%	14−16 +27.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −25%	5−6 +25%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

+0%

2−3
+0%

This is how GT 330M and ATI HD 2600 XT compete in popular games:

ATI HD 2600 XT is 20% faster in 900p
ATI HD 2600 XT is 31% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.55	0.73
Recency	10 January 2010	28 June 2007
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	256 MB
Chip lithography	40 nm	65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	23 Watt	45 Watt