GeForce MX330 vs GTS 360M

Place in the ranking	936	574
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	N11E-GS1	N17S-LP / N17S-G3
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	20 February 2020 (4 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 cores	96	384
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	1531 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1594 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	25 Watt (12 - 25 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	17.60	38.26
Floating-point processing power	0.2757 gflops	1.224 gflops
Gigaflops	413	no data

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 size	large	no data
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
SLI options	+	-
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	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	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	48.06 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	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
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.

Optimus	-	+
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 (12_1)
Shader Model	4.1	6.4
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	1.2
Vulkan	N/A	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

GTS 360M 1.69

GeForce MX330 6.31
+273%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

GTS 360M 653

GeForce MX330 2433
+273%

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	18 −261%	65−70 +261%
Full HD	21 −9.5%	23 +9.5%
4K	5−6 −340%	22 +340%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−150%

10−11
+150%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −171%	19 +171%
Battlefield 5	0−1	18−20
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −120%	11 +120%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −950%	21 +950%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −575%	27 +575%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −720%	40−45 +720%
Hitman 3	6−7 −167%	16 +167%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −638%	118 +638%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −767%	26 +767%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −135%	80 +135%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −214%	22 +214%
Battlefield 5	0−1	18−20
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −100%	10 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −800%	18 +800%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −375%	19 +375%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −720%	40−45 +720%
Hitman 3	6−7 −150%	15 +150%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −563%	106 +563%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −567%	20 +567%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −66.7%	20−22 +66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −121%	75 +121%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 +0%	7 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +25%	4 −25%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −500%	12 +500%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −220%	16 +220%
Hitman 3	6−7 −117%	13 +117%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +0%	16 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 +0%	12 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −50%	50−55 +50%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−200%

9
+200%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −250%	7−8 +250%
Hitman 3	7−8 −42.9%	10−11 +42.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −180%	14−16 +180%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −400%	5−6 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −344%	40−45 +344%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−175%

10−12
+175%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−300%

4−5
+300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −100%	4−5 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	3−4
Far Cry 5	1−2 −200%	3−4 +200%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	2−3

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−133%

7−8
+133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9 +0%	9 +0%
Metro Exodus	27 +0%	27 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 +0%	8 +0%
Metro Exodus	21 +0%	21 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

8−9

+0%

8−9

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Metro Exodus	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%
Hitman 3	2−3 +0%	2−3 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

This is how GTS 360M and GeForce MX330 compete in popular games:

GeForce MX330 is 261% faster in 900p
GeForce MX330 is 10% faster in 1080p
GeForce MX330 is 340% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTS 360M is 25% faster.
in Far Cry 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce MX330 is 950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTS 360M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
GeForce MX330 is ahead in 47 tests (70%)
there's a draw in 19 tests (28%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.69	6.31
Recency	7 January 2010	20 February 2020
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	2 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	25 Watt

GeForce MX330 has a 273.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 10 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 52% lower power consumption.

The GeForce MX330 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 360M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.