NVIDIA GeForce 930A vs AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930A and AMD Radeon R9 M295X 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. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 930A

AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 928 MHz vs 850 MHz
7.6x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 12% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3192 vs 2852
69.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3192 vs 46
26.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 125.7

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 23 November 2014
Core clock speed	928 MHz vs 850 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3192 vs 2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3192 vs 46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 125.7

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

4.8x more texture fill rate: 108.8 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
5.3x more pipelines: 2048 vs 384
4.8x better floating-point performance: 3,482 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
3x more memory clock speed: 5448 MHz vs 1800 MHz
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 7037 vs 3357

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	108.8 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2048 vs 384
Floating-point performance	3,482 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB
Memory clock speed	5448 MHz vs 1800 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	7037 vs 3357

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3192

2852

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3192

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

7037

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

125.7

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 930A	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
PassMark - G3D Mark	1267
PassMark - G2D Mark	216
Geekbench - OpenCL	5317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3192	2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3192	46
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	7037
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	125.7
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		71.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1285.141
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		5.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		75.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		321.767

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 930A	AMD Radeon R9 M295X Mac Edition
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	GCN 3.0
Code name	GM108	Amethyst
Launch date	13 March 2015	23 November 2014
Place in performance rating	925	927
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz
Core clock speed	928 MHz	850 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops	3,482 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	2048
Texture fill rate	22.58 GTexel / s	108.8 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count		5,000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-B (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	174.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	5448 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5