ATI Radeon X1600 XT Dual vs HD 8330E
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1180 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 3.11 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 (2013−2017) | Ultra-Threaded SE (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | Kalindi | RV530 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 23 April 2013 (11 years ago) | no data (2024 years 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 cores | 128 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 497 MHz | 590 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 1,178 million | 157 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 3.976 | 2.360 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.1272 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 4 | 4 |
| TMUs | 8 | 4 |
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).
| Interface | IGP | PCIe 1.0 x16 |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x Molex |
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 type | System Shared | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1380 MBps |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 22.08 GB/s |
| 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 Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 6.3 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 2.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | N/A |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | N/A |
Pros & cons summary
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
HD 8330E has a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 8330E and Radeon X1600 XT Dual. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon HD 8330E is a notebook card while Radeon X1600 XT Dual is a desktop one.
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