AMD Radeon R5 M330 vs NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M330 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: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M330

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
  • Around 3% higher core clock speed: 955 MHz vs 928 MHz
  • Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 941 MHz
  • Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 18 Watt vs 33 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 519 vs 216
  • Around 11% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5879 vs 5317
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 5 May 2015 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 955 MHz vs 928 MHz
Boost clock speed 1030 MHz vs 941 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt vs 33 Watt
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 519 vs 216
Geekbench - OpenCL 5879 vs 5317

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930A

  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 22.58 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 10% better floating-point performance: 722.7 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1267 vs 596
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2081 vs 1155
  • Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3192 vs 1850
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 2691
  • Around 80% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2081 vs 1155
  • Around 73% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3192 vs 1850
  • Around 25% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 2691
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 22.58 GTexel / s vs 20.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops vs 659.2 gflops
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1000 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1267 vs 596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2081 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3192 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 2691
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2081 vs 1155
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3192 vs 1850
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 2691

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M330
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930A

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
596
1267
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
519
216
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5879
5317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1850
3192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2691
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1155
2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1850
3192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2691
3357
Name AMD Radeon R5 M330 NVIDIA GeForce 930A
PassMark - G3D Mark 596 1267
PassMark - G2D Mark 519 216
Geekbench - OpenCL 5879 5317
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 69.096
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1155 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1850 3192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2691 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1155 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1850 3192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2691 3357

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M330 NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Exo GM108
Design AMD Radeon R5 300 Series
Launch date 5 May 2015 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 923 924
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1030 MHz 941 MHz
Compute units 5
Core clock speed 955 MHz 928 MHz
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops 722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 384
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s 22.58 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 18 Watt 33 Watt
Transistor count 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCIe 3.0
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None None

API support

DirectX 12 12.0 (11_0)
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed
OpenGL 4.4 4.6
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

DualGraphics
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore