NVIDIA GeForce 930A vs NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930A and NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR 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).

NVIDIA GeForce 930A

NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Videocard is newer: launch date 15 year(s) 1 month(s) later
7.7x more core clock speed: 928 MHz vs 120 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 220 nm
64x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 32 MB
6x more memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 300 MHz
252.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1263 vs 5
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 207 vs 201

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 1 February 2000
Core clock speed	928 MHz vs 120 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 220 nm
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 32 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 300 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1263 vs 5
PassMark - G2D Mark	207 vs 201

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

21.3x more texture fill rate: 480 MTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s

Texture fill rate	480 MTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1263

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

207

201

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 930A	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
PassMark - G3D Mark	1263	5
PassMark - G2D Mark	207	201
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
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3192
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 930A	NVIDIA GeForce 256 DDR
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Celsius
Code name	GM108	NV10 A3
Launch date	13 March 2015	1 February 2000
Place in performance rating	913	911
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz
Core clock speed	928 MHz	120 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	220 nm
Pipelines	384
Texture fill rate	22.58 GTexel / s	480 MTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Transistor count		17 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	AGP 4x
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	7.0
OpenGL	4.6	1.2
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	32 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	4.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	300 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR