NVIDIA GeForce 930M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290
NVIDIA GeForce 930M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon R9 290. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

646
Place in performance rating
166
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN 2.0
GM108
Code name
Hawaii
Laptop
Type
Desktop
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
5 November 2013 (8 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$160
Price now
$237 (0.6x MSRP)
1.88
Value for money
25.21
N16S-GM-B/S, N16S-LP
GPU code name
Hawaii
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon R9 290 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
2560
928 MHz
Core clock speed
947 MHz
941 MHz
Boost Clock
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no data
Transistor count
6,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
275 Watt
22.58
Texture fill rate
151.5
722.7 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,849 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
941 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
no data
Number of transistors
6,200 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
275 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon R9 290.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
275 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
no data

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 Radeon R9 290 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320.0 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon R9 290, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon R9 290 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 Radeon R9 290. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 (11_0)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
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 Radeon R9 290 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 Radeon R9 290 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon R9 290
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon R9 290
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon R9 290
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon R9 290
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M 17.4
AMD Radeon R9 290
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 $237 (0.6x MSRP))

Less power consumption (33 Watt vs 275 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290

32.84% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (320.0 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 930M or AMD Radeon R9 290?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 290 .

NVIDIA GeForce 930M versus AMD Radeon R9 290 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

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