NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A vs AMD Radeon HD 8830M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A and AMD Radeon HD 8830M 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, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
- Around 79% higher core clock speed: 1029 MHz vs 575 MHz
- Around 89% higher boost clock speed: 1085 MHz vs 575 MHz
- Around 74% higher texture fill rate: 43.4 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s
- Around 74% better floating-point performance: 1,389 gflops vs 800.0 gflops
- 2.5x more memory clock speed: 5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz
- Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5157 vs 2695
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 5834 vs 5106
- Around 91% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5157 vs 2695
- Around 14% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 5834 vs 5106
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 vs 1 April 2013 |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz vs 575 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1085 MHz vs 575 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 43.4 GTexel / s vs 25 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 1,389 gflops vs 800.0 gflops |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz vs 2000 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5157 vs 2695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 5834 vs 5106 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5157 vs 2695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 5834 vs 5106 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8830M
- Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 11302 vs 7859
- Around 44% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 11302 vs 7859
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 11302 vs 7859 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 11302 vs 7859 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 8830M
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A | AMD Radeon HD 8830M |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 2411 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 631 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 12495 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 49.772 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 757.295 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.67 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 49.875 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 179.567 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5157 | 2695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 5834 | 5106 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 7859 | 11302 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5157 | 2695 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 5834 | 5106 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 7859 | 11302 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A | AMD Radeon HD 8830M | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Maxwell | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM107 | Venus |
| Launch date | 13 March 2015 | 1 April 2013 |
| Place in performance rating | 475 | 434 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1085 MHz | 575 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1029 MHz | 575 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 1,389 gflops | 800.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 640 | 640 |
| Texture fill rate | 43.4 GTexel / s | 25 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 75 Watt | |
| Transistor count | 1,870 million | 1,500 million |
| Compute units | 10 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (11_0) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.4 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 80.19 GB / s | 32 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 5012 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | DDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
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