GeForce GT 330M vs HD Graphics 530

Place in performance ranking	782	1172
Place by popularity	34	not in top-100
Value for money	0.16	no data
Architecture	Gen. 9 Skylake (2015−2016)	GT2xx (2009−2012)
GPU code name	Skylake GT2	N11P-GE1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 August 2015 (8 years old)	10 January 2010 (14 years old)
Current price	$526	$448

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

HD Graphics 530 and GT 330M have a nearly equal value for money.

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	24	48
CUDA cores	no data	48
Core clock speed	350 MHz	575 MHz
Boost clock speed	1150 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	189 million	486 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	23 Watt
Texture fill rate	27.60	9.200
Floating-point performance	403.2 gflops	121.44 gflops
Gigaflops	no data	182

Size and compatibility

Information on HD Graphics 530 and GeForce GT 330M 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 size	no data	medium sized
Bus support	no data	PCI-E 2.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x1	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None
SLI options	no data	+

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	DDR3L/LPDDR3/LPDDR4	GDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	25.6 GB/s
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	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort
Multi monitor support	no data	+
HDMI	no data	+
Maximum VGA resolution	no data	2048x1536

Technologies

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

Power management	no data	8.0
Quick Sync	+	no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	11.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	6.4	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
OpenCL	2.1	1.1
Vulkan	+	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.

HD Graphics 530 2.58
+369%

GT 330M 0.55

HD Graphics 530 outperforms GeForce GT 330M by 369% 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 Graphics 530 1001
+368%

GT 330M 214

HD Graphics 530 outperforms GeForce GT 330M by 368% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD Graphics 530 6831
+157%

GT 330M 2658

HD Graphics 530 outperforms GeForce GT 330M by 157% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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	45−50 +350%	10 −350%
Full HD	14 −21.4%	17 +21.4%
4K	7 +600%	1−2 −600%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

5−6
+66.7%

3−4

−66.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	6 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	12−14 +50%	8−9 −50%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Hitman 3	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5	0−1
Metro Exodus	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 +50%	6−7 −50%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	0−1
Battlefield 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Far Cry 5	3−4	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 +0%	3−4 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%
Hitman 3	5−6 +66.7%	3−4 −66.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	9−10 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
Metro Exodus	1−2	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 +50%	4−5 −50%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Hitman 3	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 +0%	7−8 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%

This is how HD Graphics 530 and GT 330M compete in popular games:

900p resolution:

HD Graphics 530 is 350% faster than GT 330M

1080p resolution:

GT 330M is 21.4% faster than HD Graphics 530

4K resolution:

HD Graphics 530 is 600% faster than GT 330M

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

in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the HD Graphics 530 is 300% faster than the GT 330M.

All in all, in popular games:

HD Graphics 530 is ahead in 22 tests (88%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (12%)

Advantages and disadvantages

Performance score	2.58	0.55
Recency	5 August 2015	10 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount	64 GB	1 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	23 Watt