NVIDIA GeForce 920MX vs AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920MX and AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM 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, 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 920MX

AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 54% higher core clock speed: 965 MHz vs 625 MHz
5.6x more texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Around 60% higher pipelines: 256 vs 160
3x better floating-point performance: 602.1 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 16 Watt vs 19 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
Around 35% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1334 MHz
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 1681
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3290
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 1681
Around 2% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3290

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 March 2016 vs 21 December 2013
Core clock speed	965 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	256 vs 160
Floating-point performance	602.1 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt vs 19 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1334 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691 vs 1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3290

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

1681

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3290

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

1681

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3290

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1080
PassMark - G2D Mark	151
Geekbench - OpenCL	3912
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3290
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691	1681
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3290
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	385

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	AMD Radeon R5 230 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Caicos
Launch date	25 March 2016	21 December 2013
Place in performance rating	1035	1145
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	965 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	602.1 gflops	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	256	160
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt	19 Watt
Transistor count		370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	10.67 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1334 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers