NVIDIA GeForce 920A vs NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920A and NVIDIA GeForce 830M 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 920A

NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 50% higher pipelines: 384 vs 256
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 136

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Pipelines	384 vs 256
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	159 vs 136

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 830M

Around 88% higher core clock speed: 1082 MHz vs 575 MHz
2x more texture fill rate: 18.4 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Around 33% better floating-point performance: 588.8 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1009 vs 834
Around 15% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4232 vs 3693

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1082 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	18.4 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	588.8 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1009 vs 834
Geekbench - OpenCL	4232 vs 3693

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 830M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

834

1009

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

136

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3693

4232

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920A	NVIDIA GeForce 830M
PassMark - G3D Mark	834	1009
PassMark - G2D Mark	159	136
Geekbench - OpenCL	3693	4232
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		16.955
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		156.544
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		17.81
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		67.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3589
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3352

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 920A	NVIDIA GeForce 830M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Maxwell
Code name	GK208B	GM108
Launch date	13 March 2015	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	1201	1203
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	1082 MHz
Floating-point performance	441.6 gflops	588.8 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	256
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s	18.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	33 Watt
Boost clock speed		1150 MHz
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 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
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
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3
Shared memory		0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus