ERROR: No GPU found with the ID:330

getGPUInfos: Perhaps the translation is missing or the German GPU is not selected in the page header (or a wrong one is selected) NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M vs vs Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Notebookcheck Logo

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M vs vs Intel Extreme Graphics 2

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

► remove from comparison NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M

The Nvidia GeForce GT 330M is the successor of the GT 230M and technically a faster clocked GT 240M (but it should still maintain the power envelope of the GT 230M as the naming suggests). Therefore, the GT330M is a mid-range laptop graphics card that offers DirectX 10.1 effects.

The performance of the GT 330M is similar to the GeForce GT 240M and therefore located in the range of the Mobility Radeon HD 4650. The card supports DirectX 10.1 and all the features of the GT 230M / 240M (as it is based on the same GT216 core). The modern ATI Radeon HD 5650 offers DirectX 11 effects and performs better. 

Modern and demanding DirectX 10 and 11 games (like Crysis or Risen) can only be played fluently with medium detail settings and resolution settings. Less demanding games like Sims 3 run in high details and resolutions. See the gaming list below for detailed benchmarks.

The 48 shader cores of the GT216 are based on the desktop GTX 200 architecture and are therefore a bit improved compared to the 48 cores of the GeForce 9700M GTX. According to Nvidia, the micro architecture was improved regarding battery runtime and performance. The stream processors / shaders are 1-dimensional (1D) and can therefore not directly compared to the 5D shaders of current AMD / ATI cards like the Mobility Radeon HD 5650.

To use the calculation performance of the GeForce GT 330M for other applications, the card supports CUDA, OpenCL, and Direct Compute. For example encoding videos using the stream processors is considerably faster than using a fast CPU.

The GT330M supports the hardware decoding of HD videos using the integrated PureVideo HD engine. The integrated VP4 video processor is able to fully decode H.264, VC-1, MPEG-2, and MPEG-4 ASP (e.g., DivX, xVID). Hardware decoding of MPEG-1 encoded videos is not supported, but this can be handled by every CPU without high load. In conjunction with an Core i5-520M, the GT 330M decoded H.264 with 1-6%, VC1 in 5-10%, and WMV with 3-9% CPU load (1080p over HDMI on a Sony Vaio Z11). 

 

As with the GT 230M, the performance depends on the used graphics memory. With slow DDR2, the card can be up to 20% slower than with faster memory. Usually the GT 330M is paired with cheap and relatively fast DDR3 memory. GDDR3 would be a bit faster. GDDR5 is not supported according to Nvidia.

A low power version of the GT 330M is also available for laptop manufacturers featuring a minimal slower clock rate and less power consumption (Codename N11P-LP).

Intel Extreme Graphics 2

► remove from comparison Intel Extreme Graphics 2

The Intel Extreme Graphics 2 is an integrated (onboard) graphic chip with shared memory on the Intel 852 / 855 GM, GME, GMV chipsets for Centrino, Pentium 4 and Celeron based laptops. The 3D performance is very low and therefore the graphics card is not suited for 3D games. For example the 3D Mark 05 does not start due to the lack of pixel shader support. Furthermore, the card does not support Windows Aero in Vista and Windows 7.

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330MIntel Extreme Graphics 2
Series
GeForce GT 335M 72 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 1066 MHz
GeForce GT 330M 48 @ 0.58 GHz128 Bit @ 1066 MHz
GeForce GT 325M 48 @ 0.45 GHz128 Bit @ 1066 MHz
GeForce GT 320M 24 @ 0.5 GHz128 Bit @ 790 MHz
Vivante GC1000+ Dual-Core 2 @ 0.6 GHz
GC800 1 @ 0.32 - 0.58 GHz
Extreme Graphics 2 @ 0.13 GHz
PXP
unknown
CodenameN11P-GE1Montara
ArchitectureGT2xxGen. 2
Pipelines48 - unified
Core Speed575 MHz133 MHz
Shader Speed1265 MHz
Memory Speed1066 MHz
Memory Bus Width128 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR2, GDDR3, DDR3
Max. Amount of Memory1024 MB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 10.1, Shader 4.1DirectX 8
Transistors486 Million
technology40 nm150 nm
FeaturesDirectX Compute Support (Windows 7), CUDA, OpenCL, HybridPower, PhysXGDI und DirectX / DirectDraw mit Overlay Unterstützung, XFree86, XAA, Xv Unterstützung für Linux, Multi-Monitor Unterstützung, Dual Monitor Support, bis zu 96 MB vom Hauptspeicher (dynamisch)
Notebook Sizemedium sized
Date of Announcement10.01.2010 03.12.2003
Information182 Gigaflops calculation power
Link to Manufacturer Pagewww.nvidia.comwww.intel.com

Benchmarks

3DMark Vantage
3DM Vant. Perf. total + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. total
min: 2159     avg: 2496     median: 2657.5 (1%)     max: 2800 Points
3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. GPU no PhysX
min: 1738     avg: 2039     median: 2134 (1%)     max: 2244 Points
3DMark 2001SE - 3DMark 2001 - Standard
min: 21859     avg: 26741     median: 26029.5 (27%)     max: 32183 Points
min: 2214     avg: 2457     median: 2457 (3%)     max: 2700 Points
3DMark 03 - 3DMark 03 - Standard
min: 16182     avg: 18198     median: 18934 (10%)     max: 19604 Points
min: 115     avg: 115.5     median: 115.5 (0%)     max: 116 Points
3DMark 05 - 3DMark 05 - Standard
min: 11076     avg: 12591     median: 12982.5 (14%)     max: 13457 Points
0 Points (0%)
3DMark 06 3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
3DMark 06
min: 6243     avg: 7064     median: 7285 (10%)     max: 7553 Points
3DMark 06 - Score Unknown Settings + Intel Extreme Graphics 2
0 Points (0%)
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x1024 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
3DMark 06
min: 5382     avg: 6063     median: 6232 (8%)     max: 6574 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x800 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
3DMark 06
min: 7121     avg: 7130     median: 7129.5 (9%)     max: 7138 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x768 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
3DMark 06
min: 6247     avg: 6654     median: 6677 (9%)     max: 7013 Points
3DMark 06 - Standard 1280x720 + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
3DMark 06
min: 7355     avg: 7357     median: 7356.5 (10%)     max: 7358 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - 3dsmax
min: 6.04     avg: 6.6     median: 6.6 (14%)     max: 7.07 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Catia
min: 4.79     avg: 6.1     median: 6.1 (13%)     max: 7.44 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - EnSight
13.5 Points (28%)
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Maya
min: 19.71     avg: 20.4     median: 20.4 (11%)     max: 21.06 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - Pro/Engeneer
min: 7.31     avg: 7.8     median: 7.8 (15%)     max: 8.34 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SolidWorks
min: 12.03     avg: 13.6     median: 13.6 (20%)     max: 15.13 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS Teamcenter
min: 2.93     avg: 3.1     median: 3.1 (8%)     max: 3.18 Points
SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - SPEC Viewperf 10.0 - UGS NX
3.8 Points (8%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Gaming graphics
min: 4     avg: 6.1     median: 6.4 (81%)     max: 6.5 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 Graphics
min: 4.6     avg: 6     median: 6.4 (81%)     max: 6.5 Points
Cinebench R10 Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit) + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Shading (32bit)
min: 2103     avg: 3416     median: 3409 (2%)     max: 4250 Points
Cinebench R11.5 Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 13.24     avg: 15.3     median: 15.5 (5%)     max: 17.51 fps

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M → 0% n=

Average Benchmarks Intel Extreme Graphics 2 → 0% n=

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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 detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Fifa 11

Fifa 11

2010
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
58.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
29.6  fps
Mafia 2

Mafia 2

2010
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
41.7 46.6 ~ 44 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
32.3 37.6 38.3 ~ 36 fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
26.8 31.1 32.2 ~ 30 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
19  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
108.8 153 158 162 171 ~ 151 fps
med. 1360x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
31.7 32.7 39 39.3 39.9 41.4 56 ~ 40 fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
21.8 22 26.5 27.2 28.5 29.7 33 ~ 27 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
11.8 16 ~ 14 fps
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
23.1 33 36.4 36.6 ~ 32 fps
med. 1360x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
23 23.2 25.1 ~ 24 fps
high 1600x900
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
10  fps
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
49.7 51 52 52 57 59.5 ~ 54 fps
med. 1366x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
23 25 26 27 28 32.1 ~ 27 fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
17.3 20 20 21.4 ~ 20 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
9 11 ~ 10 fps
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
107.6 112 ~ 110 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
36.3  fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
27 30 30.5 33 ~ 30 fps
Risen

Risen

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
41 47 56.6 58.8 70.5 71 ~ 57 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
23 25.7 26.3 27.7 28 28 ~ 26 fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
16.8 17.5 17.7 21.2 22 ~ 19 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
11.9  fps
Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
83.1  fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
31.7  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
17.9  fps
Need for Speed Shift

Need for Speed Shift

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
52.4  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
33.2 38 ~ 36 fps
high 1366x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
20.4 27 ~ 24 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
11.3 14 ~ 13 fps
Colin McRae: DIRT 2

Colin McRae: DIRT 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
61.1 62.6 68.9 79 80.4 85 98.4 ~ 76 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
33 42 42.6 43.4 47.4 48 50 ~ 44 fps
high 1360x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
28 29.1 32.3 ~ 30 fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
12.5  fps
Anno 1404

Anno 1404

2009
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
58 59.8 59.8 59.9 60 60 60 98.5 ~ 65 fps
ultra 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
15.9 19 20.9 25.6 26 ~ 21 fps
Sims 3

Sims 3

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
233 233.4 279 ~ 248 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
61.9 68 98.5 ~ 76 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
31.8 48.9 ~ 40 fps
F.E.A.R. 2

F.E.A.R. 2

2009
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
59.5 73.4 75 153 ~ 90 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
51.9 56 61.6 62 ~ 58 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
29.4 32 33 33 ~ 32 fps
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto

2008
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
42.6 48.5 ~ 46 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
28.3 35.5 ~ 32 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
20.7  fps
Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead

2008
low 640x480
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
96.2 98 171 ~ 122 fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
64.8 66 79.3 ~ 70 fps
Far Cry 2

Far Cry 2

2008
low 640x480
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
72.3 76 76.2 90.6 ~ 79 fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
29.7 34.6 35 35.4 ~ 34 fps
Racedriver: GRID

Racedriver: GRID

2008
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
90 94.4 99 ~ 94 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
45 49.8 50 ~ 48 fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
28.3 29 ~ 29 fps
Trackmania Nations Forever

Trackmania Nations Forever

2008
low 640x480
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
225  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
61.3  fps
ultra 1920x1080
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
23.7  fps
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare

2007
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
151 189 ~ 170 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
60  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
35 36 ~ 36 fps
Supreme Commander - FA Bench

Supreme Commander - FA Bench

2007
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
38.6  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
27.5  fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
22.1 30.9 ~ 27 fps
Crysis - GPU Benchmark

Crysis - GPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
53.5 53.8 89.9 116.2 117 ~ 86 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
34.6 37.5 39.3 40 40.4 41 ~ 39 fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
20.1 21.2 22.1 23 23.1 26.8 ~ 23 fps
Crysis - CPU Benchmark

Crysis - CPU Benchmark

2007
low 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
56.4 56.5 90.6 93 94 ~ 78 fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
32.4 34.2 38 38 38.2 42.8 ~ 37 fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
18.4 19.1 20.1 20.2 21 21.1 ~ 20 fps
World in Conflict - Benchmark

World in Conflict - Benchmark

2007
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
55 58 58 60 ~ 58 fps
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
28 29 29 31 ~ 29 fps
Call of Juarez Benchmark

Call of Juarez Benchmark

2006
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
14.7 16.9 ~ 16 fps
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion

The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion

2006
high 1280x800
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
58  fps
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark

2005
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
154.5  fps
Quake 4

Quake 4

2005
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
62  fps
World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft

2005
low 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
208  fps
med. 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
157  fps
high 1280x1024
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
42  fps
Counter-Strike Source

Counter-Strike Source

2004
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
125  fps
Doom 3

Doom 3

2004
low 640x480
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
204.4  fps
med. 640x480
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
203.1  fps
high 800x600
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
180.6  fps
ultra 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
140 140 ~ 140 fps
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo

1999
high 1024x768
100%
GeForce GT 330M:
532  fps

Average Gaming NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330Mlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Fifa 1158.729.6
Mafia 244363019
StarCraft 2151402714
Metro 2033322410
Battlefield: Bad Company 254272010
CoD Modern Warfare 211036.330
Risen57261911.9
Resident Evil 583.131.717.9
Need for Speed Shift52.4362413
Colin McRae: DIRT 276443012.5
Anno 14046521
Sims 32487640
F.E.A.R. 2905832
GTA IV - Grand Theft Auto463220.68
Left 4 Dead12270
Far Cry 27934
Racedriver: GRID944829
Trackmania Nations Forever22561.323.7
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare1706036
Supreme Commander - FA Bench38.627.527
Crysis - GPU Benchmark863923
Crysis - CPU Benchmark783720
World in Conflict - Benchmark5829
Call of Juarez Benchmark16
The Elder Scrolls IV - Oblivion58
Half Life 2 - Lost Coast Benchmark154.5
Quake 462
World of Warcraft20815742
Counter-Strike Source125
Doom 3204.4203.1180.6140
Quake 3 Arena - Timedemo532
< 30 fps
< 60 fps
< 120 fps
≥ 120 fps

7
9
7
4
11
2
2
12
11
2
4
10

1
1






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

v1.26
log 28. 17:55:14

#0 checking url part for id 1532 +0s ... 0s

#1 checking url part for id 330 +0s ... 0s

#2 checking url part for id 54 +0s ... 0s

#3 not redirecting to Ajax server +0s ... 0s

#4 did not recreate cache, as it is less than 5 days old! Created at Thu, 28 Mar 2024 05:37:00 +0100 +0.001s ... 0.001s

#5 composed specs +0.111s ... 0.111s

#6 did output specs +0s ... 0.112s

#7 start showIntegratedCPUs +0s ... 0.112s

#8 getting avg benchmarks for device 1532 +0.034s ... 0.146s

#9 got single benchmarks 1532 +0.108s ... 0.254s

#10 getting avg benchmarks for device 330 +0.002s ... 0.256s

#11 got single benchmarks 330 +0s ... 0.257s

#12 getting avg benchmarks for device 54 +0.002s ... 0.258s

#13 got single benchmarks 54 +0.033s ... 0.291s

#14 got avg benchmarks for devices +0s ... 0.291s

#15 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.025s ... 0.316s

#16 No cached benchmark found, getting uncached values +0.069s ... 0.385s

#17 min, max, avg, median took s +0.151s ... 0.536s

#18 before gaming benchmark output +0s ... 0.536s

#19 Got 240 rows for game benchmarks. +0.017s ... 0.553s

#20 composed SQL query for gamebenchmarks +0s ... 0.553s

#21 got data and put it in $dataArray +0.018s ... 0.572s

#22 benchmarks composed for output. +0.072s ... 0.643s

#23 calculated avg scores. +0s ... 0.643s

#24 return log +0.002s ... 0.646s

Please share our article, every link counts!
> Expert Reviews and News on Laptops, Smartphones and Tech Innovations > Benchmarks / Tech > Graphics Card Comparison - Head 2 Head
Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)