AMD Radeon R5 M420 vs NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M420 and NVIDIA GeForce 930MX 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, 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), 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M420

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 14165 vs 5525
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 1 March 2016
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 14165 vs 5525

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

  • Around 22% higher core clock speed: 952 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1020 MHz vs 850 MHz
  • Around 43% higher texture fill rate: 24.48 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 43% better floating-point performance: 783.4 gflops vs 547.2 gflops
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1286 vs 488
  • Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 194 vs 154
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2053 vs 972
  • 124.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2053 vs 16.5
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3577 vs 2979
  • Around 20% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3577 vs 2979
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3165
  • Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3165
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 952 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1020 MHz vs 850 MHz
Texture fill rate 24.48 GTexel / s vs 17.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Floating-point performance 783.4 gflops vs 547.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1286 vs 488
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 vs 154
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2053 vs 972
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2053 vs 16.5
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3577 vs 2979
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3577 vs 2979
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3165
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3165

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M420
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
488
1286
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
154
194
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
14165
5525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
972
2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
16.5
2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2979
3577
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2979
3577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3165
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3165
3357
Name AMD Radeon R5 M420 NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
PassMark - G3D Mark 488 1286
PassMark - G2D Mark 154 194
Geekbench - OpenCL 14165 5525
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 972 2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 16.5 2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2979 3577
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2979 3577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3165 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3165 3357
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 23.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 165.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.09
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 495

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R5 M420 NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Maxwell
Code name Jet GM108
Launch date 15 May 2016 1 March 2016
Place in performance rating 1124 1126
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 850 MHz 1020 MHz
Core clock speed 780 MHz 952 MHz
Floating-point performance 547.2 gflops 783.4 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 320 384
Texture fill rate 17.1 GTexel / s 24.48 GTexel / s
Transistor count 1,040 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

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

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 2 GB
Memory bandwidth 16 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus