NVIDIA GeForce 920MX vs AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920MX and AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition 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, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 25% higher core clock speed: 965 MHz vs 775 MHz
Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 993 MHz vs 800 MHz
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3691 vs 1667
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3358 vs 3326
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3691 vs 1667
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3358 vs 3326

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 March 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	965 MHz vs 775 MHz
Boost clock speed	993 MHz vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691 vs 1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358 vs 3326
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691 vs 1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358 vs 3326

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

Around 13% higher texture fill rate: 32 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 640 vs 256
Around 70% better floating-point performance: 1,024 gflops vs 602.1 gflops
2.5x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Around 45% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1548 vs 1068
2.3x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 350 vs 150
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9620 vs 3954
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2862 vs 1764
Around 62% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2862 vs 1764

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	32 GTexel / s vs 28.22 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 256
Floating-point performance	1,024 gflops vs 602.1 gflops
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1548 vs 1068
PassMark - G2D Mark	350 vs 150
Geekbench - OpenCL	9620 vs 3954
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2862 vs 1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2862 vs 1764

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1068

1548

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

150

350

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

3954

9620

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1764

2862

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

1667

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3326

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1764

2862

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3691

1667

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3358

3326

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	1068	1548
PassMark - G2D Mark	150	350
Geekbench - OpenCL	3954	9620
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1764	2862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691	1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358	3326
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1764	2862
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691	1667
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358	3326
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	385
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		25.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		516.994
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.321
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		32.932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		111.138

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	AMD Radeon R9 M370X Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 1.0
Code name	GM108	Tropo
Launch date	25 March 2016	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1001	1002
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz	800 MHz
Core clock speed	965 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	602.1 gflops	1,024 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	256	640
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt
Transistor count		1,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR5
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers