NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
VS
NVIDIA GeForce MX330
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
VS
NVIDIA GeForce MX330

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950  vs  NVIDIA GeForce MX330.

242
Place in performance rating
415
13.60
Value for money (0-100)
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Maxwell
Architecture
Pascal
GM206
Code name
GP108
Desktop
Type
Laptop
20 August 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
20 February 2020 (1 year ago)
$159
Launch price (MSRP)
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$181 (1.1x MSRP)
Price now
$1079
24.57
Value for money
2.58
GM206
GPU code name
N17S-LP / N17S-G3
Desktop
Market segment
Laptop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950  vs  NVIDIA GeForce MX330 in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

768
Pipelines
384
1024 MHz
Core clock speed
1531 MHz
1188 MHz
Boost Clock
1594 MHz
2,940 million
Transistor count
1,800 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
16 nm
90 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
10 Watt
49.2 billion/sec
Texture fill rate
38.26
1,825 gflops
Floating-point performance
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768
CUDA cores
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768
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
1188 MHz
Boost clock speed
1594 MHz
2,940 million
Number of transistors
1,800 million
90 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
10 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
7.938" (20.2 cm)
Length
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1x 6-pins
Supplementary power connectors
None
+
SLI options
no data
350 Watt
Recommended system power (PSU)
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PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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4.376" (11.1 cm)
Height
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Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs NVIDIA GeForce MX330.

GDDR5
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
6.6 GB/s
Memory clock speed
7000 MHz
105.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
48.06 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 vs NVIDIA GeForce MX330.

Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2
Display Connectors
No outputs
+
G-SYNC support
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4 displays
Multi monitor support
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+
HDCP
no data
2048x1536
Maximum VGA resolution
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Internal
Audio input for HDMI
no data
+
HDMI
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Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

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Multi Monitor
+
+
3D Vision
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2.0
GPU Boost
+
+
CUDA
6.1
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Surround
no data
+
Adaptive Vertical Sync
no data
no data
Optimus
+
+
GameStream
no data
+
GeForce ShadowPlay
no data
+
GameWorks
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330 is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (12_1)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
1.2.131
6.4
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 and NVIDIA GeForce MX330 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or NVIDIA GeForce MX330 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 27 13 11 9
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 33.4 14.7 13.7 13.4
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 81 39 28 16
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 94.6 34.5 22.1 15.9
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
NVIDIA GeForce MX330 35.3
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950

11.96% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($181 (1.1x MSRP) vs $1079)

More pipelines (768 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (105.6 GB/s vs 48.06 GB/s)

G-SYNC support

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce MX330

Finer manufacturing process technology (16 nm vs 28 nm)

Less power consumption (10 Watt vs 90 Watt)

Multi Monitor

So, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 or NVIDIA GeForce MX330?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 .

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 versus NVIDIA GeForce MX330 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.2 Out of 153 Hitesti Score
4.0 Out of 178 Hitesti Score