AMD Radeon R5 M430 vs NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R5 M430 and NVIDIA GeForce 920A 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).

AMD Radeon R5 M430

NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M430

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1030 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.2x more texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Around 49% better floating-point performance: 659.2 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3.2x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 516 vs 159
Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5010 vs 3693

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	15 May 2016 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1030 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	516 vs 159
Geekbench - OpenCL	5010 vs 3693

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 836 vs 649

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	384 vs 320
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	836 vs 649

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R5 M430
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 920A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

649

836

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

516

159

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5010

3693

Name	AMD Radeon R5 M430	NVIDIA GeForce 920A
PassMark - G3D Mark	649	836
PassMark - G2D Mark	516	159
Geekbench - OpenCL	5010	3693
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	13.812
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	144.604
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.981
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	18.55
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	65.872
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	2212
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1087
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	1157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	2212

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon R5 M430	NVIDIA GeForce 920A
Essentials
Architecture	GCN 1.0	Kepler 2.0
Code name	Exo	GK208B
Launch date	15 May 2016	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1182	1183
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	855 MHz
Core clock speed	1030 MHz	575 MHz
Floating-point performance	659.2 gflops	441.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	320	384
Texture fill rate	20.6 GTexel / s	9.2 GTexel / s
Transistor count	1,040 million
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		33 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_1)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
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	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
DirectCompute 5.0