HD Graphics 500 vs Radeon HD 8330

Place in performance ranking	1140	1116
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	0.01	0.09
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Gen. 9 Apollo Lake (2016−2017)
GPU code name	Kabini	Apollo Lake
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	23 May 2013 (10 years old)	1 September 2016 (7 years old)
Current price	$143	$414

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD Graphics 500 has 800% better value for money than HD 8330.

Technical specs

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	128	12
Core clock speed	500 MHz	300 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	700 MHz
Number of transistors	1,178 million	189 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt
Texture fill rate	3.976	9.000
Floating-point performance	no data	144.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8330 and HD Graphics 500 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.

Interface

IGP

PCIe 3.0 x1

Memory

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	System Shared	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Memory bus width	System Shared	64/128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	System Shared
Shared memory	+	+

Video outputs and ports

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

No outputs

Technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.3	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.97

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.

HD 8330 0.67

HD Graphics 500 0.74
+10.4%

HD Graphics 500 outperforms Radeon HD 8330 by 10% 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%

HD 8330 259

HD Graphics 500 298
+15.1%

HD Graphics 500 outperforms Radeon HD 8330 by 15% in Passmark.

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%

HD 8330 530
+10%

HD Graphics 500 482

Radeon HD 8330 outperforms HD Graphics 500 by 10% 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%

HD 8330 351

HD Graphics 500 363
+3.3%

HD Graphics 500 outperforms Radeon HD 8330 by 3% 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%

HD 8330 2672

HD Graphics 500 3007
+12.5%

HD Graphics 500 outperforms Radeon HD 8330 by 13% 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 HD	11 +10%	10 −10%
1440p	0−1	1

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	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Metro Exodus	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −50%	3−4 +50%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Hitman 3	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 +0%	4−5 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	1−2 +0%	1 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Hitman 3	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4 +0%	3−4 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 +0%	5−6 +0%

This is how HD 8330 and HD Graphics 500 compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

HD 8330 is 10% faster than HD Graphics 500

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

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the HD Graphics 500 is 50% faster than the HD 8330.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 500 is ahead in 2 tests (8%)
there's a draw in 23 tests (92%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	0.67	0.74
Recency	23 May 2013	1 September 2016
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	8 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	10 Watt