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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330

The ATI Mobilty Radeon HD 4330 from AMD is a DirectX 10.1 lower-class notebook graphics adapter. Technically it is a lower clocked Mobility HD 4530.

The gaming performance of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330 lies beyond the HD 4350. Still older DirectX 9 games should be playable in medium settings. The performance may not be sufficient for demanding games like GTA 4 or Crysis.

The Mobility HD 4330 is based on the RV710 chip and features 80 stream processors (16 5-dimensional shader cores). These cores do the graphic work of the shader- and pixel pipelines of older GPUs. The stream processors are also called ALUs and are grouped in five-way VLIW units. Each of the five instructions of a VLIW bundle has to be independent from the others and therefore the performance depends on the optimization of the driver.

A speciality of the Radeon HD 4330 is the possibility to use ordinary DDR2 and DDR3 graphic memory (as a cheaper alternative to GDDR3). However, cards that use that kind of memory will be slower than others equipped with GDDR RAM (because of the different bandwidth 16 versus 32 bit).

The Mobility Radeon HD 4330 includes the Avivo HD called video technology including an onboard soundchip for 7.1 sound output over HDMI or DisplayPort and the 2nd generation UVD (Unified Video Decoder). This UVD 2 supports full bitstream decoding of H.264/MPEG-4 AVC and VC-1 streams. In addition to this, it also supports dual video stream decoding and Picture-in Picture mode which makes the UVD full BD-Live compliant. Simplified, the Avivo HD technology handles all video tasks and enables the GPU to decode HD videos.

AMD published a current consumtion of about 7 Watt for the HD 4330. Still it is unclear if this value represents the chip alone or the whole mxm board including the memory (which would include about 5 Watt).

Compared to the desktop ATI Radeon HD 4350, the mobile 4330 features a slower core clock. Therefore, the performance should be lower than the desktop counterpart.

ManufacturerATI
SeriesMobility Radeon HD 4000
CodenameM92-SE
Pipelines80 - unified
Core Speed *450 MHz
Shader Speed *450 MHz
Memory Speed *600 MHz
Memory Bus Width64 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR3, DDR2, DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory512 MB
Shared Memoryno
DirectXDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1
Transistors242 Million
technology55 nm
FeaturesOpenGL 2.0, PCI-E 2.0 x16, Powerplay, DisplayPort support up to 2560x1600, HDMI support up to 1920x1080 (both with 7.1 AC3 Audio), 1x Dual-Link/Single-Link DVI, 1x Single-Link DVI Support (all display ports have to be supported by the laptop manufacturer)
Notebook Sizesmall and light
Date of Announcement09.01.2009
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttp://ati.amd.com/products/mobilityrade...
* The specified clock rates are only guidelines for the manufacturer and can be altered by them.

benchmarks

3DMark 2001: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 6919, avg: 11881, max: 15301 Points
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3DMark 03: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 6940, avg: 7429, max: 8201 Points
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3DMark 05: - Standard 1024x768
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      min: 3491, avg: 4987, max: 5827 Points
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3DMark 06:
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      min: 2220, avg: 2558, max: 3088 Points
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Cinebench R10: - Shading
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      min: 2102, avg: 2943, max: 3482 Points
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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
Based on 30 benchmarks

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailled information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

CoD Modern Warfare 2 (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Risen (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Need for Speed Shift (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Colin McRae: DIRT 2 (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Anno 1404 (2009): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Sims 3 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
F.E.A.R. 2 (2009): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto (2008): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Left 4 Dead (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Far Cry 2 (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Crysis Warhead (2008): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Racedriver: GRID (2008): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare (2007): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Crysis - GPU Benchmark
Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
30.7  fps
med.:
17 21 ~ 19 fps
high:
9.6  fps
» With most tested laptops not playable.
Crysis - CPU Benchmark
Crysis - CPU Benchmark (2007)
low:
28.1  fps
med.:
14.3  fps
high:
7.9  fps
» With most tested laptops not playable.
World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Command and Conquer III (2007): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Call of Juarez Benchmark (2006): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion (2006): Not playable with a weaker graphics card. - more...
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Quake 4 (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings ultra. - more...
F.E.A.R.
F.E.A.R. (2005)
low:
228  fps
med.:
70  fps
high:
23  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings med..
World of Warcraft (2005): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings low. - more...
Counter-Strike Source (2004): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings high. - more...
Doom 3 (2004): Playable with a weaker graphics card in detail settings ultra. - more...
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo (1999)
high:
314.5  fps
» With all tested laptops playable in detail settings high.

For more games that might be playable and a list of all games and graphics cards visit our Gaming List

Notebook reviews with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 graphics card

Acer Aspire 5810TG (Intel Core 2 Duo SU9400, 15.6")
» Acer Aspire 5810TG - External Review

HP Envy 13 (Intel Core 2 Duo SL9400, 13.1")
» HP Envy 13 - External Review

HP Envy 13-1050ea (Intel Core 2 Duo SL9400, 13.1")
» HP Envy 13-1050ea - External Review

HP Pavilion dm3-1010eg (AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335, 13.3")
» Review HP Pavilion dm3-1010eg laptop - Review
» HP Pavilion dm3-1010eg - External Review

HP ProBook 4411s (Intel Core 2 Duo P7370, 14.0")
» HP ProBook 4411s - External Review

HP ProBook 4710s (Intel Core 2 Duo T6570, 17.3")
» Review HP ProBook 4710s Notebook - Review
» HP ProBook 4710s - External Review

MSI CX600 (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 16.0")
» MSI CX600 - External Review

MSI CX600-049US (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 16.0")
» MSI CX600-049US - External Review

MSI CX700-021UK (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 17.3")
» MSI CX700-021UK - External Review

MSI X-Slim X600 (Intel Core 2 Solo SU3500, 15.6")
» MSI X600 - External Review

Samsung R620 (Intel Core 2 Duo T6500, 16.0")
» Samsung R620 - External Review

Sony Vaio VGN-NS38M/W (Intel Pentium Dual Core T4200, 15.4")
» Sony Vaio VGN-NS38M/W - External Review

 

Author: Klaus Hinum (Update: 2010-02- 3)