GeForce MX330 vs GTX 690

Place in performance ranking	331	541
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	1.95	3.33
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	GK104	N17S-LP / N17S-G3
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	3 May 2012 (12 years ago)	20 February 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data
Current price	$411 (0.4x MSRP)	$1079

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GeForce MX330 has 71% better value for money than GTX 690.

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	1536	384
CUDA cores	3072	no data
Core clock speed	915 MHz	1531 MHz
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz	1594 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	25 Watt (12 - 25 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	234 billion/sec	38.26
Floating-point performance	2x 3,130 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 690 and GeForce MX330 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.

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	11.0" (27.9 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	Two 8-pin	None
SLI options	+	no data

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	2 GB
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	6008 MHz	7000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	48.06 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	Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2	No outputs
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	Yes (via dongle)	no data
HDCP	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported GPU Technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray	+	no data
3D Gaming	+	no data
Optimus	no data	+
3D Vision Live	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	5.1	6.4
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.2.131
CUDA	+	6.1

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 690 14.44
+128%

GeForce MX330 6.33

GTX 690 outperforms MX330 by 128% based on our aggregated 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%

GTX 690 5590
+128%

GeForce MX330 2452

GTX 690 outperforms MX330 by 128% in Passmark.

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 690 13160
+250%

GeForce MX330 3762

GTX 690 outperforms MX330 by 250% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

Benchmark coverage: 9%

GTX 690 18700
+72.3%

GeForce MX330 10851

GTX 690 outperforms MX330 by 72% in GeekBench 5 OpenCL.

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Benchmark coverage: 5%

GTX 690 14979
+49.5%

GeForce MX330 10022

GTX 690 outperforms MX330 by 49% in GeekBench 5 Vulkan.

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Benchmark coverage: 4%

GTX 690 12263
+23.8%

GeForce MX330 9906

GTX 690 outperforms MX330 by 24% in GeekBench 5 CUDA.

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 HD	50−55 +127%	22 −127%
4K	50−55 +117%	23 −117%

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	14.44	6.33
Recency	3 May 2012	20 February 2020
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	2 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	25 Watt