NVIDIA GeForce 930A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce 930A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 36% lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 45 Watt

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 12 March 2014
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

Around 60% higher texture fill rate: 36.08 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
Around 60% better floating-point performance: 1,155 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Around 99% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2516 vs 1267
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 225 vs 216
Around 83% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 9705 vs 5317
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3817 vs 2081
Around 83% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3817 vs 2081
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3685 vs 3192
Around 15% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3685 vs 3192

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	36.08 GTexel / s vs 22.58 GTexel / s
Pipelines	640 vs 384
Floating-point performance	1,155 gflops vs 722.7 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2516 vs 1267
PassMark - G2D Mark	225 vs 216
Geekbench - OpenCL	9705 vs 5317
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	3817 vs 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	3817 vs 2081
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3685 vs 3192
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3685 vs 3192

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1267

2516

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

216

225

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5317

9705

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2081

3817

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2081

3817

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3192

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3192

3685

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

3353

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 930A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
PassMark - G3D Mark	1267	2516
PassMark - G2D Mark	216	225
Geekbench - OpenCL	5317	9705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2081	3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2081	3817
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3192	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3192	3685
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	3353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		37.761
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		388.248
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		38.889
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		151.016
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		979

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 930A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Maxwell
Code name	GM108	GM107
Launch date	13 March 2015	12 March 2014
Place in performance rating	928	929
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz
Core clock speed	928 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops	1,155 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	384	640
Texture fill rate	22.58 GTexel / s	36.08 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	45 Watt
CUDA cores		640
Transistor count		1,870 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support		Up to 3840x2160
eDP 1.2 signal support		Up to 3840x2160
HDCP content protection
HDMI
LVDS signal support		Up to 1920x1200
TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming
VGA аnalog display support		Up to 2048x1536
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
Bus support		PCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0
Laptop size		medium sized
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL		1.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	80.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	DDR3, GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Standard memory configuration		DDR3 or GDDR5
Technologies
3D Blu-Ray
Adaptive VSync
Ansel
BatteryBoost
CUDA
Direct Compute
FXAA
GeForce Experience
GeForce ShadowPlay
GPU Boost
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
Optimus
SLI
TXAA