GeForce RTX 3080 vs MX330

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce MX330 with GeForce RTX 3080, including specs and performance data.

GeForce MX330
2020
2 GB GDDR5, 10 Watt
6.29

RTX 3080 outperforms MX330 by a whopping 940% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking57726
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data46.29
Power efficiency43.1014.01
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP108GA102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 February 2020 (4 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$699

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3848704
Core clock speed1531 MHz1440 MHz
Boost clock speed1594 MHz1710 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 million28,300 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt320 Watt
Texture fill rate38.26465.1
Floating-point processing power1.224 TFLOPS29.77 TFLOPS
ROPs1696
TMUs24272
Tensor Coresno data272
Ray Tracing Coresno data68

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data285 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount2 GB10 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit320 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1188 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s760.3 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 outputs1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA6.18.5

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.

GeForce MX330 6.29
RTX 3080 65.44
+940%

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.

GeForce MX330 2424
RTX 3080 25210
+940%

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.

GeForce MX330 4834
RTX 3080 53713
+1011%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GeForce MX330 3762
RTX 3080 39257
+944%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GeForce MX330 20729
RTX 3080 188064
+807%

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

GeForce MX330 10707
RTX 3080 167014
+1460%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

GeForce MX330 243721
RTX 3080 529548
+117%

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

GeForce MX330 10022
RTX 3080 145176
+1349%

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

GeForce MX330 9906
RTX 3080 202162
+1941%

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:

Full HD22
−659%
167
+659%
1440p12−14
−958%
127
+958%
4K24
−254%
85
+254%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data4.19
1440pno data5.50
4Kno data8.22

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−1160%
120−130
+1160%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 19
−611%
130−140
+611%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9
−1133%
111
+1133%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−1061%
200−210
+1061%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 11
−955%
110−120
+955%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−1280%
138
+1280%
Far Cry 5 21
−448%
110−120
+448%
Far Cry New Dawn 27
−489%
150−160
+489%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−468%
230−240
+468%
Hitman 3 16
−625%
116
+625%
Horizon Zero Dawn 118
−105%
240−250
+105%
Metro Exodus 27
−433%
144
+433%
Red Dead Redemption 2 26
−404%
131
+404%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−1132%
270−280
+1132%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80
−210%
248
+210%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 22
−514%
130−140
+514%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8
−1100%
96
+1100%
Battlefield 5 18−20
−1061%
200−210
+1061%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10
−1060%
110−120
+1060%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−1240%
134
+1240%
Far Cry 5 18
−539%
110−120
+539%
Far Cry New Dawn 19
−737%
150−160
+737%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−468%
230−240
+468%
Hitman 3 15
−687%
118
+687%
Horizon Zero Dawn 106
−128%
240−250
+128%
Metro Exodus 21
−586%
144
+586%
Red Dead Redemption 2 20
−500%
120−130
+500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−1382%
326
+1382%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−595%
130−140
+595%
Watch Dogs: Legion 75
−217%
238
+217%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7
−1829%
130−140
+1829%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−1000%
88
+1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
−2800%
110−120
+2800%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−1210%
131
+1210%
Far Cry 5 12
−858%
110−120
+858%
Forza Horizon 4 16
−1356%
230−240
+1356%
Hitman 3 13
−746%
110
+746%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16
−1038%
182
+1038%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−1205%
287
+1205%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12
−1142%
149
+1142%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−98%
101
+98%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9
−1356%
131
+1356%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−1158%
150−160
+1158%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−930%
100−110
+930%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−1167%
75−80
+1167%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−7500%
76
+7500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−1183%
75−80
+1183%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2767%
86
+2767%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−1000%
75−80
+1000%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
−1255%
270−280
+1255%
Hitman 3 10−11
−1020%
112
+1020%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−979%
151
+979%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−1683%
107
+1683%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−10850%
219
+10850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−2220%
110−120
+2220%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−518%
247
+518%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−1082%
130
+1082%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−1480%
75−80
+1480%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−1525%
65−70
+1525%
Hitman 3 2−3
−2750%
57
+2750%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1218%
220−230
+1218%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−4633%
142
+4633%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−3733%
115
+3733%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−1225%
50−55
+1225%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−1633%
52
+1633%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−1500%
45−50
+1500%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 43
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1433%
45−50
+1433%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−1700%
100−110
+1700%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−13400%
135
+13400%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−2600%
54
+2600%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−1257%
95
+1257%

This is how GeForce MX330 and RTX 3080 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3080 is 659% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3080 is 958% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3080 is 254% faster in 4K

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

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3080 is 13400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3080 surpassed GeForce MX330 in all 71 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.29 65.44
Recency 10 February 2020 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 10 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 320 Watt

GeForce MX330 has 3100% lower power consumption.

RTX 3080, on the other hand, has a 940.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 months, a 400% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3080 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce MX330 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce MX330 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3080 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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