NVIDIA GeForce 930A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 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 - 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930A

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
  • 8.8x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 289 Watt
  • Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1792 MB
  • Around 80% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1267 vs 1206
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 216 vs 103
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3107
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3107
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 13 March 2015 vs 8 January 2009
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt vs 289 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1792 MB
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1267 vs 1206
PassMark - G2D Mark 216 vs 103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3107

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

  • Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 928 MHz
  • 4.1x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 22.58 GTexel / s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 2x 240 vs 384
  • Around 65% better floating-point performance: 2x 596.2 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
  • 4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21048 vs 5317
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3443 vs 3192
  • Around 8% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3443 vs 3192
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1242 MHz vs 928 MHz
Texture fill rate 92.2 billion / sec vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Pipelines 2x 240 vs 384
Floating-point performance 2x 596.2 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 21048 vs 5317
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3443 vs 3192
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3443 vs 3192

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1267
1206
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
216
103
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5317
21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3192
3443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3192
3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
3107
Name NVIDIA GeForce 930A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
PassMark - G3D Mark 1267 1206
PassMark - G2D Mark 216 103
Geekbench - OpenCL 5317 21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3192 3443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3192 3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 3107

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 930A NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell Tesla 2.0
Code name GM108 GT200B
Launch date 13 March 2015 8 January 2009
Place in performance rating 924 927
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $500
Price now $159.99
Value for money (0-100) 8.53

Technical info

Boost clock speed 941 MHz
Core clock speed 928 MHz 1242 MHz
Floating-point performance 722.7 gflops 2x 596.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 55 nm
Pipelines 384 2x 240
Texture fill rate 22.58 GTexel / s 92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 33 Watt 289 Watt
CUDA cores 480
CUDA cores per GPU 240
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Transistor count 1,400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 6-pin & 8-pin
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options Quad

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 10.0
OpenGL 4.6 2.1

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1792 MB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 223.8 GB / s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 896 Bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 999 MHz
Memory type DDR3 GDDR3
Memory interface width per GPU 448 Bit
Standard memory config per GPU 896 MB

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR) 128bit
SLI