NVIDIA GeForce 930M vs AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon HD 8670D 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, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce 930M

AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 928 MHz vs 844 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 32 nm
Around 90% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1012 vs 533
2.4x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 4974 vs 2087
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 1987 vs 920
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3706 vs 1980
2.2x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 1987 vs 920
Around 87% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3706 vs 1980

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 4 June 2013
Core clock speed	928 MHz vs 844 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1012 vs 533
Geekbench - OpenCL	4974 vs 2087
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1987 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356 vs 3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1987 vs 920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706 vs 1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356 vs 3340

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8670D

Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 186 vs 151

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	186 vs 151

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930M
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8670D

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1012

533

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

151

186

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

4974

2087

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1987

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3706

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3340

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1987

920

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3706

1980

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3356

3340

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 930M	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
PassMark - G3D Mark	1012	533
PassMark - G2D Mark	151	186
Geekbench - OpenCL	4974	2087
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	22.344
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	166.907
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.225
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	19.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	84.246
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1987	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3706	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3356	3340
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1987	920
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3706	1980
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3356	3340
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 930M	AMD Radeon HD 8670D
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Terascale 3
Code name	GM108	Richland
Launch date	13 March 2015	4 June 2013
Place in performance rating	1204	1206
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	941 MHz
Core clock speed	928 MHz	844 MHz
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	32 nm
Pipelines	384	384
Texture fill rate	22.58 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	33 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11
OpenGL	4.5
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3
Shared memory	0	1
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GeForce Experience
GPU Boost
Optimus