AMD Radeon R7 M460 vs NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon R7 M460 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: 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 R7 M460

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1100 MHz vs 928 MHz
  • Around 20% higher boost clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 941 MHz
  • Around 20% higher texture fill rate: 27 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
  • Around 20% better floating-point performance: 864.0 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1073 vs 1012
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 206 vs 150
  • 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 358.673 vs 166.907
  • Around 28% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.572 vs 1.225
  • Around 51% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 30.024 vs 19.899
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 85.168 vs 84.246
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2294 vs 1987
  • Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2294 vs 1987
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 15 May 2016 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed 1100 MHz vs 928 MHz
Boost clock speed 1125 MHz vs 941 MHz
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1073 vs 1012
PassMark - G2D Mark 206 vs 150
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 358.673 vs 166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.572 vs 1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.024 vs 19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.168 vs 84.246
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294 vs 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294 vs 1987

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930M

  • Around 2% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5084 vs 4999
  • Around 14% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 22.344 vs 19.679
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 1767
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3356 vs 2772
  • 2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 1767
  • Around 21% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3356 vs 2772
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 5084 vs 4999
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 22.344 vs 19.679
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3706 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 vs 2772
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3706 vs 1767
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 vs 2772

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon R7 M460
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930M

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1073
1012
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
206
150
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
4999
5084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
19.679
22.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
358.673
166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.572
1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
30.024
19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
85.168
84.246
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2294
1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2294
1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1767
3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2772
3356
Name AMD Radeon R7 M460 NVIDIA GeForce 930M
PassMark - G3D Mark 1073 1012
PassMark - G2D Mark 206 150
Geekbench - OpenCL 4999 5084
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 19.679 22.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 358.673 166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.572 1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 30.024 19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 85.168 84.246
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2294 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1767 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2772 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2294 1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1767 3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2772 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon R7 M460 NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Essentials

Architecture GCN 3.0 Maxwell
Code name Meso GM108
Launch date 15 May 2016 13 March 2015
Place in performance rating 1224 1226
Type Laptop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1125 MHz 941 MHz
Core clock speed 1100 MHz 928 MHz
Floating-point performance 864.0 gflops 722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 384
Texture fill rate 27 GTexel / s 22.58 GTexel / s
Transistor count 3,100 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
Bus support PCI Express 3.0
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (12_0) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 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
Shared memory 0 0
Memory type DDR3

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus