Radeon R5 M330: FPS benchmarks and laptop guide

The Radeon R5 M330 is a 2015 entry-level discrete GPU from AMD's OEM lineup — an 18-watt part whose purpose was putting "AMD Radeon graphics" on the sticker of budget laptops. This guide covers its 32 benchmarked games at 1080p on high and the 4 catalog listings matched to it.

Where the Radeon R5 M330 sits in 2026

With a catalog score of 3.0, the M330 ranks 295th of 341 — the bottom tenth of the table, embedded in the same congested legacy tier as its siblings: the UHD Graphics 617 (3.2) and GeForce GT 750M (3.2) just above, the Radeon R7 M265 (2.9) just below, with the HD 8770M and Quadro 1000M (2.8) close behind. The OEM-filler class of the mid-2010s is a hall of mirrors — same silicon idea, different badge, indistinguishable performance.

What the chip brings

Like its near-twin the R5 M335, the M330 uses the Exo core design — original 2012-vintage GCN 1.0 architecture recycled for the 2015 OEM market. The specification sheet is minimal: 320 shader cores clocked at up to 1030MHz, 4GB of DDR3 on a 64-bit bus (14GB/s), and an 18W envelope that at least kept it cool and quiet. Peak throughput is 0.66 teraflops; PassMark rates it at 595 and Fire Strike at 922.

FPS in games at 1080p

The high-preset table peaks early: Valorant at 30 fps is the best uncapped result, followed by F1 2014 at 20, DOTA 2 at 18, The Sims 4 at 15, and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Dirt Rally and Dragon Age: Inquisition at 13–14. Everything else on the list runs at or below 10: Alien: Isolation, Mad Max and Metal Gear Solid V at 10, Rainbow Six Siege at 9, Forza Horizon 4 at 8, The Witcher 3 at 7, and Counter-Strike 2 at 4, Cyberpunk 2077 at 3, Forza Horizon 5 at 2 fps. The two medium-preset measurements in the record add a frame or two, changing nothing.

Laptops that carry it

Four listings, all mid-2010s budget machines: HP's 250 G5 business laptop at $127, Dell's Inspiron 15 3567 at $319, HP's 15-ay102nf at $214, and Lenovo's B71-80 at $242. The roster medians (best-GPU score 3.0, gaming index 11) match the chip's own tier exactly — these configurations never offered a stronger graphics option, so unlike some rosters, what you see here is what the M330 actually delivered.

Bottom line

The R5 M330 is the OEM-filler story distilled: recycled architecture, 18W of power, a badge on the box. The machines carrying it are inexpensive, ordinary laptops that remain serviceable for browsing and office work — at $127–320, priced honestly for what they are. The graphics, as ever in this class, should be read as "present" rather than as a capability.