NVIDIA GeForce 930MX vs AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930MX and AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 952 MHz vs 775 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 24.48 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
2.4x more pipelines: 384 vs 160
3.2x better floating-point performance: 783.4 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 17 Watt vs 35 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
3.9x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1295 vs 332
7.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 5494 vs 770
11.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 23.565 vs 2.002
Around 50% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 165.338 vs 110.092
4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 1.09 vs 0.228

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	1 March 2016 vs 5 May 2015
Core clock speed	952 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	24.48 GTexel / s vs 6.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	384 vs 160
Floating-point performance	783.4 gflops vs 248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt vs 35 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	1295 vs 332
Geekbench - OpenCL	5494 vs 770
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	23.565 vs 2.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	165.338 vs 110.092
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.09 vs 0.228

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

2.8x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 545 vs 195

Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	545 vs 195

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1295

332

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

195

545

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

5494

770

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

23.565

2.002

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

165.338

110.092

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1.09

0.228

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX	AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark	1295	332
PassMark - G2D Mark	195	545
Geekbench - OpenCL	5494	770
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	23.565	2.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	165.338	110.092
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	1.09	0.228
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3577
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		5.678
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		23.621

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 930MX	AMD Radeon R5 310 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	TeraScale 2
Code name	GM108	Caicos
Launch date	1 March 2016	5 May 2015
Place in performance rating	1115	1102
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1020 MHz
Core clock speed	952 MHz	775 MHz
Floating-point performance	783.4 gflops	248.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	40 nm
Pipelines	384	160
Texture fill rate	24.48 GTexel / s	6.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	17 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count		370 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Length		168 mm
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB / s	14.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3
Shared memory	0
Technologies
CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus