NVIDIA GeForce 920MX vs ATI FireGL X1-256

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 920MX and ATI FireGL X1-256 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

ATI FireGL X1-256

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 920MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 13 year(s) 8 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 965 MHz vs 325 MHz
10.9x more texture fill rate: 28.22 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 150 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 16 Watt vs 37 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
2.9x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 620 MHz
18.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1073 vs 59

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 March 2016 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	965 MHz vs 325 MHz
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s vs 2.6 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 150 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt vs 37 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 620 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1073 vs 59

Reasons to consider the ATI FireGL X1-256

Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 167 vs 149

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	167 vs 149

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
GPU 2: ATI FireGL X1-256

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1073

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

149

167

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	ATI FireGL X1-256
PassMark - G3D Mark	1073	59
PassMark - G2D Mark	149	167
Geekbench - OpenCL	3951
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1764
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3691
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	385

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	ATI FireGL X1-256
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Rage 8
Code name	GM108	R300
Launch date	25 March 2016	1 July 2002
Place in performance rating	1027	1024
Type	Laptop	Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	965 MHz	325 MHz
Floating-point performance	602.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	256
Texture fill rate	28.22 GTexel / s	2.6 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	16 Watt	37 Watt
Transistor count		110 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 8x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0
OpenGL	4.5	2.0
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	19.84 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	620 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR
Shared memory	0
Technologies
3D Vision
3D Vision / 3DTV Play
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
Verde Drivers