GeForce MX330 vs Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between GeForce MX330 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the GeForce MX330 stacks up against Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire, check out specs charts below.

GeForce MX330 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are Laptop Graphics Cards

Note: GeForce MX330 and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire are only used in laptop graphics. They have lower GPU clock speed compared to the desktop variant, which results in lower power consumption, but also 10-30% lower gaming performance. Check available laptop models with GeForce MX330 or Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire here:

Main Specs

  GeForce MX330 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 200 Watt
Interface PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB
Display Connectors No outputs
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  • Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire has 1900% more power consumption, than GeForce MX330.
  • Both cards are used in Laptops.
  • GeForce MX330 is build with Pascal architecture, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - with GCN.
  • Core clock speed of GeForce MX330 is 681 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.
  • GeForce MX330 is manufactured by 16 nm process technology, and Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire - by 28 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of GeForce MX330 is 2200 MHz higher, than Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 35−40
ultra / 1080p 8−9 21−24
QHD / 1440p 3−4 16−18
4K / 2160p 10−11
low / 720p 27−30 60−65
medium / 1080p 16−18 40−45
The average gaming FPS of Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 157% more, than GeForce MX330.

Full Specs

  GeForce MX330 Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
Architecture Pascal GCN
Code name N17S-LP / N17S-G3 Wimbledon XT
Type Laptop Laptop
Release date 20 February 2020 1 May 2012
Pipelines 384 2560
Core clock speed 1531 MHz 850 MHz
Boost Clock 1594 MHz
Transistor count 1,800 million
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 28 nm
Texture fill rate 38.26
Memory bus width 64 Bit 2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 7000 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth 48.06 GB/s
Shared memory - -
DirectX 12 (12_1) DirectX 11.1, Shader 5.0
Shader Model 6.4
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 1.2
Vulkan 1.2.131
CUDA 6.1
Laptop size large
Optimus +
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