NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M vs AMD Radeon R5 M330

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Games supported 56%
AMD Radeon R5 M330
Radeon R5 M330
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  • Interface PCIe 3.0 x8
  • Core clock speed 1030
  • Max video memory 4096 MB
  • Memory type DDR3
  • Memory clock speed 1000
  • Maximum resolution
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
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  • Interface PCIe 2.0 x16
  • Core clock speed 740
  • Max video memory 1536 MB
  • Memory type DDR3
  • Memory clock speed 900 MHz
  • Maximum resolution
Price now 55$
Games supported 55%

General info

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

Place in performance rating871878
Value for moneyno data0.27
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Fermi (2010−2014)
GPU code nameExo Pro DDR3N12P-GT
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 May 2015 (7 years old)6 January 2011 (12 years old)
Current priceno data$55
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores32096
CUDA coresno data96
Compute units5no data
Core clock speed1030 MHz740 MHz
Boost clock speed1030 MHzno data
Number of transistors690 million585 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)18 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate20.6011.8 billion/sec
Floating-point performance659.2 gflops284.16 gflops

Dimensions and compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 M330 and GeForce GT 550M 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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

Memory

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeDDR3DDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1536 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz900 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s28.8 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

Technologies

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

AppAcceleration-no data
Enduro-no data
HD3D+no data
PowerTune+no data
DualGraphics1no data
TrueAudio-no data
ZeroCore+no data
Switchable graphics1no data
Optimusno data+

API support

APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 API
Shader Model5.05.1
OpenGL4.44.5
OpenCLNot Listed1.1
Vulkan+N/A
Mantle+no data
CUDAno data+

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.


Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. 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.

R5 M330 1.50
+2%
GT 550M 1.47
  • Passmark
  • 3DMark 11 Performance GPU

Passmark

This is probably the most ubiquitous benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various 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: 24%

R5 M330 595
+2.1%
GT 550M 583

Radeon R5 M330 outperforms GeForce GT 550M by 2% 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: 16%

R5 M330 1689
+73.5%
GT 550M 974

Radeon R5 M330 outperforms GeForce GT 550M by 73% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

Mining hashrates

Cryptocurrency mining performance of Radeon R5 M330 and GeForce GT 550M. Usually measured in megahashes per second.

Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 58 Mh/s 24 Mh/s

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900pno data15
Full HD9
−156%
23
+156%

Popular games

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Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
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Battlefield 5 1−2
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
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Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
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Far Cry 5 1−2
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Forza Horizon 4 2−3
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Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
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Battlefield 5 1−2
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
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Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
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Far Cry 5 1−2
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Forza Horizon 4 2−3
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Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Metro Exodus 3−4
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Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 7−8
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
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Battlefield 5 1−2
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Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
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Far Cry 5 1−2
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Forza Horizon 4 2−3
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
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Hitman 3 4−5
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Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
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Metro Exodus 3−4
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Red Dead Redemption 2 1−2
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 no data
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
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Far Cry 5 3−4
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Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
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Hitman 3 2−3
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Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
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Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
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Far Cry 5 4−5
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Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
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Forza Horizon 4 0−1 0−1

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance rating 1.50 1.47
Recency 7 May 2015 6 January 2011
Memory bus width 64 128
Pipelines / CUDA cores 320 96
Memory bandwidth 14.4 28.8
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Thermal design power (TDP) 18 Watt 35 Watt

Technical City couldn't decide between

AMD Radeon R5 M330
Radeon R5 M330

and

NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
GeForce GT 550M

The differences in performance seem too small.


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Competitors of Radeon R5 M330 by NVIDIA

According to our data, the closest equivalent to Radeon R5 M330 by NVIDIA is GeForce 910M, which is slower by 1% and lower by 4 positions in our rating.

NVIDIA GeForce 910M GeForce 910M
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Here are some closest NVIDIA rivals to Radeon R5 M330:

Radeon R5 M330 100
GeForce 910M 99.33

Competitors of GeForce GT 550M by AMD

According to our data, the closest equivalent to GeForce GT 550M by AMD is Radeon R6 (Carrizo), which is slower by 2% and lower by 6 positions in our rating.

AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo) Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
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Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce GT 550M:

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User rating

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