NVIDIA GeForce 920M vs AMD Radeon R5 M240

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920M and AMD Radeon R5 M240 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 NVIDIA GeForce 920M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 month(s) later
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 384 vs 320
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 719 vs 451
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1598 vs 881
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3636 vs 1444
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3249
  • Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1598 vs 881
  • 2.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3636 vs 1444
  • Around 3% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3249
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 18 September 2014
Pipelines 384 vs 320
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 719 vs 451
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1598 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3636 vs 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 vs 3249
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1598 vs 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3636 vs 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 vs 3249

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 M240

  • Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1000 MHz vs 954 MHz
  • Around 66% higher texture fill rate: 20.6 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
  • 2.2x better floating-point performance: 659.2 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
  • Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 156 vs 118
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1000 MHz vs 954 MHz
Texture fill rate 20.6 GTexel / s vs 12.4 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 659.2 gflops vs 297.6 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 156 vs 118
Geekbench - OpenCL 3721 vs 3709

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 M240

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
719
451
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
118
156
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
3709
3721
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3636
1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3249
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1598
881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3636
1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3358
3249
Name NVIDIA GeForce 920M AMD Radeon R5 M240
PassMark - G3D Mark 719 451
PassMark - G2D Mark 118 156
Geekbench - OpenCL 3709 3721
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.358
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 157.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.843
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 15.374
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 40.443
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1598 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3636 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358 3249
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1598 881
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3636 1444
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358 3249
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 326

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 920M AMD Radeon R5 M240

Essentials

Architecture Kepler 2.0 GCN 1.0
Code name GK208B Jet
Launch date 13 March 2015 18 September 2014
Place in performance rating 1309 1310
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R5 200 Series

Technical info

Core clock speed 954 MHz 1000 MHz
Floating-point performance 297.6 gflops 659.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 320
Texture fill rate 12.4 GTexel / s 20.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt
Transistor count 585 million 1,040 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 Not Listed
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz
Memory type DDR3 Not Listed
Shared memory 0 0

Technologies

3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
DualGraphics
Enduro
HD3D
Powerplay
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore