Radeon HD 8950M vs R5 M330

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking965not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.92no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)
GPU code nameExoSaturn
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date5 May 2015 (9 years ago)14 May 2013 (11 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 cores320768
Compute units5no data
Core clock speed955 MHz1075 MHz
Boost clock speed1030 MHzno data
Number of transistors690 million2,080 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)18 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate20.6051.60
Floating-point processing power0.6592 TFLOPS1.651 TFLOPS
ROPs816
TMUs2048

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount4 GB2 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s88 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 outputsNo 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.

DirectXDirectX® 1212 (12_0)
Shader Model5.06.3
OpenGL4.44.6
OpenCLNot Listed2.0
Vulkan+1.2.131
Mantle+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 May 2015 14 May 2013
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 18 Watt 100 Watt

R5 M330 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 455.6% lower power consumption.

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