GeForce MX330 vs GTX 745 OEM

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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 data43.12
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameGM107GP108
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 February 2014 (10 years ago)10 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 cores384384
Core clock speed1033 MHz1531 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1594 MHz
Number of transistors1,870 million1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt10 Watt
Texture fill rate24.7938.26
Floating-point processing power0.7933 TFLOPS1.224 TFLOPS
ROPs1616
TMUs2424

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 3.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1502 MHz
Memory bandwidth28.8 GB/s48.06 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGANo outputs
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

Optimus-+

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
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.1261.2.131
CUDA5.06.1

Pros & cons summary


Recency 18 February 2014 10 February 2020
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 10 Watt

GTX 745 OEM has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

GeForce MX330, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 450% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 745 OEM and GeForce MX330. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 745 OEM is a desktop card while GeForce MX330 is a notebook one.


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