Radeon R5 M330 vs GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and Radeon R5 M330, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile
2016
2x 8 GB GDDR5
37.59
+2341%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms R5 M330 by a whopping 2341% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking113930
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation66.78no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code namePascal GP104 SLIExo Pro DDR3
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date16 August 2016 (7 years ago)7 May 2015 (9 years ago)
Current price$352 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores5120320
Compute unitsno data5
Core clock speed1556 MHz1030 MHz
Boost clock speed1733 MHz1030 MHz
Number of transistors14400 Million690 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data18 Watt
Texture fill rateno data20.60
Floating-point performanceno data659.2 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and Radeon R5 M330 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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportno dataPCIe 3.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
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 typeGDDR5DDR3
Maximum RAM amount2x 8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed10000 MHz1000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data14.4 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 dataNo outputs
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

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

AppAccelerationno data-
Endurono data-
HD3Dno data+
PowerTuneno data+
DualGraphicsno data1
TrueAudiono data-
ZeroCoreno data+
Switchable graphicsno data1
VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_1DirectX® 12
Shader Modelno data5.0
OpenGLno data4.4
OpenCLno dataNot Listed
Vulkan++
Mantleno 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.

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 37.59
+2341%
R5 M330 1.54

GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon R5 M330 by 2341% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 49645
+2839%
R5 M330 1689

GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon R5 M330 by 2839% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 39902
+4228%
R5 M330 922

GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon R5 M330 by 4228% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 1080 SLI Mobile 172848
+3430%
R5 M330 4897

GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile outperforms Radeon R5 M330 by 3430% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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:

Full HD139
+1444%
9
−1444%
4K99
+2375%
4−5
−2375%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 no data

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+3150%
2−3
−3150%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+2925%
4−5
−2925%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 no data
Far Cry 5 80−85 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95 no data
Forza Horizon 4 140−150 no data
Hitman 3 75−80 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160 no data
Metro Exodus 100−110
+2625%
4−5
−2625%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95 no data

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+3150%
2−3
−3150%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+2925%
4−5
−2925%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 no data
Far Cry 5 80−85 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 90−95 no data
Forza Horizon 4 140−150 no data
Hitman 3 75−80 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160 no data
Metro Exodus 100−110
+2625%
4−5
−2625%
Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95 no data

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65−70
+3150%
2−3
−3150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70 no data
Far Cry 5 80−85 no data
Forza Horizon 4 140−150 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150 no data
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 115 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 90−95 no data

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95 no data

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 70−75 no data
Far Cry New Dawn 85−90 no data

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40−45 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+4000%
1−2
−4000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 55−60 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 27−30 no data
Far Cry 5 65−70 no data
Forza Horizon 4 75−80 no data
Hitman 3 45−50 no data
Horizon Zero Dawn 80−85 no data
Metro Exodus 70−75
+3450%
2−3
−3450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 90−95
+2900%
3−4
−2900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+3200%
1−2
−3200%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70 no data

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+3700%
1−2
−3700%
Far Cry New Dawn 30−35 no data
Hitman 3 30−35
+3000%
1−2
−3000%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50 no data
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27−30
+2800%
1−2
−2800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 87
+2800%
3−4
−2800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27 no data
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21−24 no data
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 12−14 0−1
Far Cry 5 21−24 no data
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+2500%
2−3
−2500%
Horizon Zero Dawn 45−50 no data
Metro Exodus 35−40 no data
Watch Dogs: Legion 18−20 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35 no data

This is how GTX 1080 SLI Mobile and R5 M330 compete in popular games:

  • GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is 1444% faster in 1080p
  • GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is 2375% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.59 1.54
Recency 16 August 2016 7 May 2015
Chip lithography 16 nm 28 nm

The GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M330 in performance tests.


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