AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM vs NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM and NVIDIA GeForce 940M 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, 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), 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 R5 430 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 95% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 302 vs 155
  • Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 253.178 vs 168.449
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 23.777 vs 21.837
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 30 June 2016 vs 13 March 2015
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 302 vs 155
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 253.178 vs 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 23.777 vs 21.837

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 940M

  • Around 47% higher core clock speed: 1072 MHz vs 730 MHz
  • Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
  • Around 51% better floating-point performance: 903.2 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
  • Around 52% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1127 vs 907
  • Around 5% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5965 vs 5679
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 25.98 vs 12.111
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.307 vs 1.211
  • Around 38% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 101.399 vs 73.506
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2132 vs 1645
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3065 vs 2426
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1677
  • Around 30% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2132 vs 1645
  • Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3065 vs 2426
  • 2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1677
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1072 MHz vs 730 MHz
Boost clock speed 1176 MHz vs 780 MHz
Texture fill rate 28.22 GTexel / s vs 18.72 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 903.2 gflops vs 599.0 gflops
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 50 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1127 vs 907
Geekbench - OpenCL 5965 vs 5679
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 25.98 vs 12.111
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.307 vs 1.211
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 101.399 vs 73.506
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2132 vs 1645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3065 vs 2426
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 1677
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2132 vs 1645
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3065 vs 2426
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 1677

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 940M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
907
1127
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
302
155
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5679
5965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
12.111
25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
253.178
168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.211
1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23.777
21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
73.506
101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1645
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2426
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1677
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1645
2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2426
3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1677
3357
Name AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM NVIDIA GeForce 940M
PassMark - G3D Mark 907 1127
PassMark - G2D Mark 302 155
Geekbench - OpenCL 5679 5965
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.111 25.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 253.178 168.449
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.211 1.307
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 23.777 21.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 73.506 101.399
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1645 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2426 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 1677 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1645 2132
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2426 3065
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 1677 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 506

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 430 OEM NVIDIA GeForce 940M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Oland GM108
Launch date 30 June 2016 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 1208 1211
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 780 MHz 1176 MHz
Core clock speed 730 MHz 1072 MHz
Floating-point performance 599.0 gflops 903.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 18.72 GTexel / s 28.22 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 50 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million 1,870 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size medium sized

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 28.8 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus