NVIDIA GeForce 930A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 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), 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

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 50% higher core clock speed: 928 MHz vs 620 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 100 Watt
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 3318
Around 1% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 3318

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 28 June 2011
Core clock speed	928 MHz vs 620 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 100 Watt
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3318
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3318

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

Around 76% higher texture fill rate: 39.7 billion / sec vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Around 32% better floating-point performance: 952.3 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Around 64% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2074 vs 1267
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 349 vs 216
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 6389 vs 5317
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 2664 vs 2081
Around 28% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 2664 vs 2081
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3626 vs 3192
Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3626 vs 3192

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	39.7 billion / sec vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance	952.3 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2074 vs 1267
PassMark - G2D Mark	349 vs 216
Geekbench - OpenCL	6389 vs 5317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2664 vs 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2664 vs 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3626 vs 3192
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3626 vs 3192

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1267

2074

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

349

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5317

6389

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2081

2664

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2081

2664

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3192

3626

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3192

3626

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3318

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3318

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 930A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1267	2074
PassMark - G2D Mark	216	349
Geekbench - OpenCL	5317	6389
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2081	2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2081	2664
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3192	3626
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3192	3626
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3318
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3318
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.415
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		690.98
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.83
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		29.702
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		67.215

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 930A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Fermi 2.0
Code name	GM108	GF114
Launch date	13 March 2015	28 June 2011
Place in performance rating	924	926
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz
Core clock speed	928 MHz	620 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops	952.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	22.58 GTexel / s	39.7 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	100 Watt
CUDA cores		384
Transistor count		1,950 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	None
Bus support		PCI-E 2.0
Laptop size		large
SLI options		2-way
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12 API
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	96.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
3D Gaming
3D Vision
CUDA
DirectX 11		DirectX 11
Optimus
SLI