NVIDIA GeForce 930M
VS
AMD FirePro M4000
NVIDIA GeForce 930M
VS
AMD FirePro M4000

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD FirePro M4000. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

646
Place in performance rating
524
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN
GM108
Code name
Chelsea
Laptop
Type
Mobile workstation
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
1 July 2012 (9 years ago)
$160
Price now
$433
1.88
Value for money
0.64
N16S-GM-B/S, N16S-LP
GPU code name
Cape Verde GLM
Laptop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD FirePro M4000 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
512
928 MHz
Core clock speed
600 MHz
941 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
no data
Transistor count
1,500 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
33 Watt
22.58
Texture fill rate
21.60
722.7 gflops
Floating-point performance
691.2 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
512
941 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
no data
Number of transistors
1,500 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
33 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD FirePro M4000.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
MXM-A (3.0)
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
medium sized
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
n/a
no data
Form factor
MXM-A

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD FirePro M4000 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
1 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
4500 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
72 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD FirePro M4000, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs
no data
StereoOutput3D
1

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD FirePro M4000 is the additional functionality.

2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameWorks
no data

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD FirePro M4000. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD FirePro M4000 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the NVIDIA GeForce 930M or AMD FirePro M4000 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD FirePro M4000
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD FirePro M4000
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD FirePro M4000
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD FirePro M4000
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M 17.4
AMD FirePro M4000
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 930M

Cheaper ($160 vs $433)

More maximum RAM amount (2 GB vs 1 GB)

Advantages of AMD FirePro M4000

3.03% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (512 vs 384)

More memory bandwidth (72 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 930M or AMD FirePro M4000?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD FirePro M4000 .

NVIDIA GeForce 930M versus AMD FirePro M4000 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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