NVIDIA GeForce 930MX vs AMD Radeon HD 7450A

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930MX and AMD Radeon HD 7450A 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), 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 930MX

AMD Radeon HD 7450A

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 52% higher core clock speed: 952 MHz vs 625 MHz
4.9x more texture fill rate: 24.48 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3.9x better floating-point performance: 783.4 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 25 Watt
4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
Around 13% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1288 vs 288
8.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5533 vs 668
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3577 vs 902
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1592
4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3577 vs 902
2.1x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1592

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2016 vs 5 January 2012
Core clock speed	952 MHz vs 625 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.48 GTexel / s vs 5 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	783.4 gflops vs 200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 25 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 512 MB
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1288 vs 288
Geekbench - OpenCL	5533 vs 668
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3577 vs 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357 vs 1592
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3577 vs 902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357 vs 1592

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7450A

Around 97% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 385 vs 195

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	385 vs 195

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7450A

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1288

288

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

195

385

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5533

668

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3577

902

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1592

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3577

902

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3357

1592

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX	AMD Radeon HD 7450A
PassMark - G3D Mark	1288	288
PassMark - G2D Mark	195	385
Geekbench - OpenCL	5533	668
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	23.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	165.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.09
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3577	902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357	1592
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3577	902
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357	1592
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	495

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX	AMD Radeon HD 7450A
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Caicos
Launch date	1 March 2016	5 January 2012
Place in performance rating	1100	1102
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1020 MHz
Core clock speed	952 MHz	625 MHz
Floating-point performance	783.4 gflops	200.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	24.48 GTexel / s	5 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt	25 Watt
Transistor count		370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	MXM-A (3.0)
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1600 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	GDDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus