NVIDIA GeForce 920A vs NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920A 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.

NVIDIA GeForce 920A

NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920A

Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 159 vs 150

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	159 vs 150

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Around 61% higher core clock speed: 928 MHz vs 575 MHz
2.5x more texture fill rate: 22.58 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Around 64% better floating-point performance: 722.7 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1012 vs 834
Around 42% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5258 vs 3693

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	928 MHz vs 575 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.58 GTexel / s vs 9.2 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops vs 441.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1012 vs 834
Geekbench - OpenCL	5258 vs 3693

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 930M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

834

1012

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

159

150

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3693

5258

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920A	NVIDIA GeForce 930M
PassMark - G3D Mark	834	1012
PassMark - G2D Mark	159	150
Geekbench - OpenCL	3693	5258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		84.246
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1987
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3706
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 920A	NVIDIA GeForce 930M
Essentials
Architecture	Kepler 2.0	Maxwell
Code name	GK208B	GM108
Launch date	13 March 2015	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	1201	1202
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	575 MHz	928 MHz
Floating-point performance	441.6 gflops	722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	9.2 GTexel / s	22.58 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	33 Watt
Boost clock speed		941 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 3.0
Supplementary power connectors		None
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
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus