ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 vs R5 M330
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 971 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 5.89 | no data |
| Architecture | GCN 1.0 (2011−2020) | R500 (2005−2007) |
| GPU code name | Exo | M58 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 5 May 2015 (9 years ago) | 1 March 2006 (18 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 cores | 320 | 18 |
| Compute units | 5 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 955 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1030 MHz | 450 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 690 million | 321 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 90 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 18 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 20.60 | 5.400 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.6592 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 12 |
| TMUs | 20 | 12 |
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 | no data | large |
| Bus support | PCIe 3.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 | MXM-III |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | no data |
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 | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1000 MHz | 500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB/s | 32 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 | No outputs | No outputs |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| HD3D | + | - |
| PowerTune | + | - |
| DualGraphics | + | - |
| ZeroCore | + | - |
| Switchable graphics | + | - |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | DirectX® 12 | 9.0c (9_3) |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 2.0 |
| OpenCL | Not Listed | N/A |
| Vulkan | + | N/A |
| Mantle | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 5 May 2015 | 1 March 2006 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 256 MB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 90 nm |
R5 M330 has an age advantage of 9 years, a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 221.4% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon R5 M330 and Mobility Radeon X1800. We've got no test results to judge.
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