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).

 

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 28% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1293 vs 1014
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 195 vs 176
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5494 vs 5029
  • 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 1293 vs 1014
PassMark - G2D Mark 195 vs 176
Geekbench - OpenCL 5494 vs 5029
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
1014
1293
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
176
195
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5029
5494
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 1014 1293
PassMark - G2D Mark 176 195
Geekbench - OpenCL 5029 5494
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 1112 1115
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