GeForce GT 330M vs Radeon R9 M385

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R9 M385 and GeForce GT 330M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R9 M385
2015
4 GB GDDR5
5.35
+855%

R9 M385 outperforms GT 330M by a whopping 855% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6141214
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data1.67
ArchitectureGCN 2.0 (2013−2017)Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)
GPU code nameStratoGT216
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)10 January 2010 (14 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 cores89648
Core clock speed900 MHz625 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHzno data
Number of transistors2,080 million486 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data23 Watt
Texture fill rate56.0010.00
Floating-point processing power1.792 TFLOPS0.06528 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data182
ROPs168
TMUs5616

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 sizemedium sizedmedium sized
Bus supportPCIe 3.0PCI-E 2.0
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options-+

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 typeGDDR5GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount4 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHzUp to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 GB/s25.28 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 ConnectorsNo outputsHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort
Multi monitor supportno data+
Eyefinity+-
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
PowerTune+-
DualGraphics+-
TrueAudio+-
ZeroCore+-
Switchable graphics+-
Power managementno data8.0

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1211.1 (10_1)
Shader Model6.34.1
OpenGL4.42.1
OpenCLNot Listed1.1
Vulkan-N/A
Mantle+-
CUDA-+

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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.

R9 M385 5.35
+855%
GT 330M 0.56

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. 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.

R9 M385 2060
+854%
GT 330M 216

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:

900p95−100
+850%
10
−850%
Full HD160−170
+841%
17
−841%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7 0−1
Battlefield 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Hitman 3 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+209%
10−12
−209%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+60%
30−33
−60%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7 0−1
Battlefield 5 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
+1400%
1−2
−1400%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Hitman 3 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+209%
10−12
−209%
Metro Exodus 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+60%
30−33
−60%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+250%
4−5
−250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
+267%
3−4
−267%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
+200%
3−4
−200%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+1100%
1−2
−1100%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+1033%
3−4
−1033%
Hitman 3 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Horizon Zero Dawn 30−35
+209%
10−12
−209%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
+217%
6−7
−217%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
+60%
30−33
−60%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
+1300%
1−2
−1300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Far Cry New Dawn 8−9
+700%
1−2
−700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6 0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+500%
1−2
−500%
Forza Horizon 4 12−14
+1200%
1−2
−1200%
Hitman 3 9−10
+50%
6−7
−50%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
+300%
3−4
−300%
Metro Exodus 3−4 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+3300%
1−2
−3300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
+233%
3−4
−233%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5 0−1
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5 0−1
Hitman 3 1−2 0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn 10−11
+900%
1−2
−900%
Metro Exodus 2−3 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2 0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3 0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3 0−1
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 5−6 0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
+200%
2−3
−200%

This is how R9 M385 and GT 330M compete in popular games:

  • R9 M385 is 850% faster in 900p
  • R9 M385 is 841% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R9 M385 is 3300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, R9 M385 surpassed GT 330M in all 35 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.35 0.56
Recency 5 May 2015 10 January 2010
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm

R9 M385 has a 855.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 42.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R9 M385 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 330M in performance tests.


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