Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition vs GeForce GT 330M
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1210 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 1.68 | no data |
| Architecture | Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013) | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) |
| GPU code name | GT216 | Vega 10 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 10 January 2010 (14 years ago) | 7 August 2017 (7 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $549 |
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 | 48 | 4096 |
| Core clock speed | 625 MHz | 1200 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1536 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 486 million | 12,500 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 295 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 10.00 | 393.2 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.06528 TFLOPS | 12.58 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 182 | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 64 |
| TMUs | 16 | 256 |
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 size | medium sized | no data |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | MXM-A (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 282 mm |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 2x 8-pin |
| 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 type | GDDR3 | HBM2 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 2048 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 1066 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz | 945 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.28 GB/s | 483.8 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 | HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGADisplayPort | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| Multi monitor support | + | no data |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_1) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 4.1 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 2.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.1.125 |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 10 January 2010 | 7 August 2017 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 23 Watt | 295 Watt |
GT 330M has 1182.6% lower power consumption.
RX Vega 64 Limited Edition, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 185.7% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 330M and Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce GT 330M is a notebook card while Radeon RX Vega 64 Limited Edition is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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