AMD Radeon 530 vs NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 530 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

AMD Radeon 530

NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 530

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1024 MHz vs 952 MHz
1004.1x more texture fill rate: 24.58 GTexel/s vs 24.48 GTexel / s
Around 2% better floating-point performance: 800 GFLOPs vs 783.4 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 2% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 506 vs 495

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	18 April 2017 vs 1 March 2016
Core clock speed	1024 MHz vs 952 MHz
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz vs 1020 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s vs 24.48 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs vs 783.4 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	506 vs 495

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

2.9x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 50 Watt
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1288 vs 1027
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 174
Around 10% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5534 vs 5014
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2053 vs 2021
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3577 vs 2246
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2053 vs 2021
Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3577 vs 2246

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1288 vs 1027
PassMark - G2D Mark	194 vs 174
Geekbench - OpenCL	5534 vs 5014
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2053 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3577 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2053 vs 2021
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3577 vs 2246
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 530
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1027

1288

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

174

194

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5014

5534

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2021

2053

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

3577

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2021

2053

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2246

3577

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

506

495

Name	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
PassMark - G3D Mark	1027	1288
PassMark - G2D Mark	174	194
Geekbench - OpenCL	5014	5534
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2021	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2246	3577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2021	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2246	3577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	506	495
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

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 530	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
Essentials
Architecture	GCN	Maxwell
Code name	Meso	GM108
Design	Radeon 500 Series
GCN generation	3rd Gen
Launch date	18 April 2017	1 March 2016
Place in performance rating	1110	1113
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1024 MHz	1020 MHz
Compute units	6
Core clock speed	1024 MHz	952 MHz
Floating-point performance	800 GFLOPs	783.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Pixel fill rate	8.20 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	320/384
Texture fill rate	24.58 GTexel/s	24.48 GTexel / s
Texture Units	20/24
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	17 Watt
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	DDR3/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