GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650 vs Radeon HD 8330

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1174not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency3.15no data
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)no data
GPU code nameKalindiNV31M
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date13 August 2013 (11 years ago)1 March 2003 (21 year ago)

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 cores1285
Core clock speed497 MHz1 MHz
Boost clock speedno data350 MHz
Number of transistors1,178 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm130 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Wattno data
Texture fill rate3.976no data
Floating-point processing power0.1272 TFLOPSno data
ROPs4no data
TMUs8no data

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfaceIGPno data
WidthIGPno 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 typeSystem SharedDDR
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared32 MB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared300 MHz
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 outputsno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)DDR
Shader Model6.3no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 August 2013 1 March 2003
Chip lithography 28 nm 130 nm

HD 8330 has an age advantage of 10 years, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8330 and GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 8330 is a desktop card while GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650 is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon HD 8330
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