AMD Radeon E9171 MCM vs NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon E9171 MCM and NVIDIA GeForce 930M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon E9171 MCM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 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
  • Around 73% higher texture fill rate: 39.01 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • Around 73% better floating-point performance: 1,248 gflops vs 722.7 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 22% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 27.321 vs 22.344
  • 5.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 924.953 vs 166.907
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.499 vs 1.225
  • 2.6x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 52.632 vs 19.899
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 97.705 vs 84.246
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 3 October 2017 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1124 MHz vs 928 MHz
Boost clock speed 1219 MHz vs 941 MHz
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops vs 722.7 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 22.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 924.953 vs 166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.499 vs 1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.632 vs 19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.705 vs 84.246

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930M

  • 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 930M

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
27.321
22.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
924.953
166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2.499
1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
52.632
19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
97.705
84.246
Name AMD Radeon E9171 MCM NVIDIA GeForce 930M
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 27.321 22.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 924.953 166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.499 1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 52.632 19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 97.705 84.246
PassMark - G3D Mark 1014
PassMark - G2D Mark 150
Geekbench - OpenCL 5144
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon E9171 MCM NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 4.0 Maxwell
Code name Lexa GM108
Launch date 3 October 2017 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 1226 1227
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1219 MHz 941 MHz
Core clock speed 1124 MHz 928 MHz
Floating-point performance 1,248 gflops 722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 512 384
Texture fill rate 39.01 GTexel / s 22.58 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 None
Bus support 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
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus