AMD Radeon E9171 MCM vs NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9171 MCM and NVIDIA GeForce 830M 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: 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9171 MCM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1124 MHz vs 1082 MHz
  • Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1219 MHz vs 1150 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
  • 2x more pipelines: 512 vs 256
  • 2.1x better floating-point performance: 1,248 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
  • 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 61% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 27.321 vs 16.955
  • 5.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 924.953 vs 156.544
  • 2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.499 vs 1.013
  • 3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.632 vs 17.81
  • Around 45% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 97.705 vs 67.443
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 October 2017 vs 12 March 2014
Core clock speed 1124 MHz vs 1082 MHz
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 1150 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s vs 18.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 256
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops vs 588.8 gflops
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
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.321 vs 16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 924.953 vs 156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.499 vs 1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.632 vs 17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.705 vs 67.443

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830M

  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 40 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 40 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon E9171 MCM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 830M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.321
16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
924.953
156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.499
1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.632
17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
97.705
67.443
Name AMD Radeon E9171 MCM NVIDIA GeForce 830M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.321 16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 924.953 156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.499 1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.632 17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.705 67.443
PassMark - G3D Mark 1010
PassMark - G2D Mark 136
Geekbench - OpenCL 4179
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon E9171 MCM NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell
Code name Lexa GM108
Launch date 3 October 2017 12 March 2014
Place in performance rating 1226 1229
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 1150 MHz
Core clock speed 1124 MHz 1082 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 588.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 256
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s 18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 40 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
Bus support PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 96 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 6000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus