GeForce GT 330M Mac Edition vs ATI Radeon 9800 PRO

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1468not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.23no data
ArchitectureRage 8 (2002−2007)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameR350GT216
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 March 2003 (22 years ago)26 April 2010 (15 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 coresno data48
Core clock speed380 MHz500 MHz
Number of transistors117 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology150 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)47 Watt23 Watt
Texture fill rate3.0408.000
Floating-point processing powerno data0.1056 TFLOPS
ROPs88
TMUs816

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xMXM-A (3.0)
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x Molexno 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 typeDDRGDDR3
Maximum RAM amount128 MB512 MB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed340 MHz790 MHz
Memory bandwidth21.76 GB/s25.28 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-VideoNo outputs

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX9.0 (9_0)11.1 (10_1)
Shader Modelno data4.1
OpenGL2.03.3
OpenCLN/A1.1
VulkanN/AN/A
CUDA-1.2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 2003 26 April 2010
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 512 MB
Chip lithography 150 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 47 Watt 23 Watt

GT 330M Mac Edition has an age advantage of 7 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 275% more advanced lithography process, and 104.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon 9800 PRO and GeForce GT 330M Mac Edition. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon 9800 PRO is a desktop graphics card while GeForce GT 330M Mac Edition is a notebook one.

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