AMD Radeon 520 vs NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 520 and NVIDIA GeForce 930MX videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon 520

NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 520

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 952 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 1020 MHz
841.5x more texture fill rate: 20.60 GTexel/s vs 24.48 GTexel / s
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 203 vs 193
4.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 26304 vs 5532

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 March 2016
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 952 MHz
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz vs 1020 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s vs 24.48 GTexel / s
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	203 vs 193
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304 vs 5532

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 19% better floating-point performance: 783.4 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 49% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1284 vs 863
Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2053 vs 1182
Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2053 vs 1182
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3577 vs 1242
2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3577 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Floating-point performance	783.4 gflops vs 660 GFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1284 vs 863
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2053 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2053 vs 1182
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3577 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3577 vs 1242
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 520
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

863

1284

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

203

193

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

26304

5532

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

2053

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1182

2053

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

3577

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1242

3577

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3351

3357

Name	AMD Radeon 520	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
PassMark - G3D Mark	863	1284
PassMark - G2D Mark	203	193
Geekbench - OpenCL	26304	5532
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1182	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1182	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1242	3577
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1242	3577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3351	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3351	3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		23.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		165.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.09
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		495

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 520	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Maxwell
Code name	Oland	GM108
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	1st Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 March 2016
Place in performance rating	1111	1114
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1030 MHz	1020 MHz
Compute units	5
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	952 MHz
Floating-point performance	660 GFLOPs	783.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	384
Pixel fill rate	4.10 GP/s
Render output units	4
Stream Processors	320
Texture fill rate	20.60 GTexel/s	24.48 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	17 Watt
Transistor count	1,040 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA	No outputs
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Bus support		PCI Express 3.0
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenCL	2.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory	0	0
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support
PowerTune
TressFX
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus