GeForce MX330 vs GTX 490

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated577
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data43.10
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGF100GP108
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data10 February 2020 (4 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 cores480384
Core clock speed608 MHz1531 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1594 MHz
Number of transistors3,100 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)365 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate36.4838.26
Floating-point processing power1.166 TFLOPS1.224 TFLOPS
ROPs4816
TMUs6024

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).

InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB2 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed854 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth164.0 GB/s48.06 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 Connectors3x DVI, 1x mini-DisplayPortNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 (12_1)
Shader Model5.16.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.11.2
VulkanN/A1.2.131
CUDA2.06.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 2 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 365 Watt 10 Watt

GeForce MX330 has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 185.7% more advanced lithography process, and 3550% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 490 and GeForce MX330. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 490 is a desktop card while GeForce MX330 is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 490
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