NVIDIA GeForce 930MX vs AMD Radeon R9 M275X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 930MX and AMD Radeon R9 M275X 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 930MX

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 952 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 10% higher boost clock speed: 1020 MHz vs 925 MHz
  • Around 60% higher memory clock speed: 1800 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3577 vs 1228
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3357 vs 1705
  • 2.9x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3577 vs 1228
  • Around 97% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3357 vs 1705
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 March 2016 vs 28 January 2014
Core clock speed 952 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed 1020 MHz vs 925 MHz
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3577 vs 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 1705
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3577 vs 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 1705

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 M275X

  • Around 51% higher texture fill rate: 37 GTexel / s vs 24.48 GTexel / s
  • Around 67% higher pipelines: 640 vs 384
  • Around 51% better floating-point performance: 1,184 gflops vs 783.4 gflops
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 1537 vs 1289
  • Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 307 vs 194
  • 2x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 11041 vs 5518
  • Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 28.109 vs 23.565
  • Around 71% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 283.116 vs 165.338
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 2.187 vs 1.09
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 3265 vs 2053
  • Around 59% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 3265 vs 2053
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 37 GTexel / s vs 24.48 GTexel / s
Pipelines 640 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,184 gflops vs 783.4 gflops
Maximum memory size 4 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 1537 vs 1289
PassMark - G2D Mark 307 vs 194
Geekbench - OpenCL 11041 vs 5518
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 28.109 vs 23.565
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 283.116 vs 165.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 2.187 vs 1.09
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3265 vs 2053
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3265 vs 2053

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 M275X

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1289
1537
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
194
307
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5518
11041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
23.565
28.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
165.338
283.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.09
2.187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2053
3265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3577
1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
1705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2053
3265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3577
1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3357
1705
Name NVIDIA GeForce 930MX AMD Radeon R9 M275X
PassMark - G3D Mark 1289 1537
PassMark - G2D Mark 194 307
Geekbench - OpenCL 5518 11041
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 23.565 28.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 165.338 283.116
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.09 2.187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2053 3265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3577 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 1705
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2053 3265
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3577 1228
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 1705
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 495
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 33.837
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 91.407

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 930MX AMD Radeon R9 M275X

Essentials

Architecture Maxwell GCN 1.0
Code name GM108 Venus
Launch date 1 March 2016 28 January 2014
Place in performance rating 1124 1106
Type Laptop Desktop
Design AMD Radeon R9 200 Series

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1020 MHz 925 MHz
Core clock speed 952 MHz 900 MHz
Floating-point performance 783.4 gflops 1,184 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 28 nm
Pipelines 384 640
Texture fill rate 24.48 GTexel / s 37 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 17 Watt
Compute units 10
Transistor count 1,500 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs No outputs
Eyefinity

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Bus support PCI Express 3.0 PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_0) 11
OpenGL 4.5 4.4
Mantle
OpenCL Not Listed

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 14.4 GB / s 72 GB/s
Memory bus width 64 Bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1800 MHz 1125 MHz
Memory type DDR3, GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
GameWorks
GPU Boost
Optimus
AMD Eyefinity
DualGraphics
FreeSync
HD3D
PowerTune
Switchable graphics
ZeroCore