AMD Radeon 540X Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 540X Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce 930A 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: 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), Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark.

AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 540X Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 21% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 928 MHz
Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 941 MHz
1727.2x more texture fill rate: 39.00 GTexel/s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 14 nm vs 28 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.3x more memory clock speed: 6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3100 vs 2081
Around 49% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3100 vs 2081
Around 56% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 8285 vs 5317
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 278 vs 216
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1438 vs 1267

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 April 2018 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1124 MHz vs 928 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz vs 941 MHz
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Pipelines	512 vs 384
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	6000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100 vs 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100 vs 2081
Geekbench - OpenCL	8285 vs 5317
PassMark - G2D Mark	278 vs 216
PassMark - G3D Mark	1438 vs 1267

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930A

578.2x better floating-point performance: 722.7 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3192 vs 1349
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3192 vs 1349

Specifications (specs)
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops vs 1.25 TFLOPs
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3192 vs 1349
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3192 vs 1349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3355

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 540X Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930A

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3100

2081

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3100

2081

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1349

3192

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1349

3192

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3355

3357

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

8285

5317

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

278

216

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1438

1267

Name	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 930A
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3100	2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3100	2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1349	3192
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1349	3192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3355	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3355	3357
Geekbench - OpenCL	8285	5317
PassMark - G2D Mark	278	216
PassMark - G3D Mark	1438	1267

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 540X Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce 930A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 4.0	Maxwell
Code name	Lexa	GM108
Design	Radeon 500X Series
GCN generation	4th Gen
Launch date	3 April 2018	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	937	924
Type	Desktop, Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	941 MHz
Compute units	8
Core clock speed	1124 MHz	928 MHz
Floating-point performance	1.25 TFLOPs	722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	512	384
Pixel fill rate	9.80 GP/s
Render output units	8
Stream Processors	512
Texture fill rate	39.00 GTexel/s	22.58 GTexel / s
Texture Units	32
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	50 Watt	33 Watt
Transistor count	2,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors		None
API support
DirectX	12	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
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	6000 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
AppAcceleration
FreeSync
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support