NVIDIA GeForce 930A vs NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930A and NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra 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 Go 6800 Ultra

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 928 MHz vs 450 MHz
2.1x more boost clock speed: 941 MHz vs 450 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 22.58 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
32x more pipelines: 384 vs 12
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 130 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 33 Watt vs 89 Watt
8x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 256 MB
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
9.2x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1263 vs 138
Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 207 vs 198

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 24 February 2005
Core clock speed	928 MHz vs 450 MHz
Boost clock speed	941 MHz vs 450 MHz
Texture fill rate	22.58 GTexel / s vs 5.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 12
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 130 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt vs 89 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1263 vs 138
PassMark - G2D Mark	207 vs 198

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1263

138

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

207

198

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 930A	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
PassMark - G3D Mark	1263	138
PassMark - G2D Mark	207	198
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 Go 6800 Ultra
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Curie
Code name	GM108	NV41
Launch date	13 March 2015	24 February 2005
Place in performance rating	913	910
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz	450 MHz
Core clock speed	928 MHz	450 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	130 nm
Pipelines	384	12
Texture fill rate	22.58 GTexel / s	5.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt	89 Watt
Transistor count		222 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 1.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	9.0c
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	38.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	600 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1200 MHz
Memory type	DDR3	256
Shared memory		0