NVIDIA GeForce 930M
VS
AMD Radeon RX 470
NVIDIA GeForce 930M
VS
AMD Radeon RX 470

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon RX 470. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

646
Place in performance rating
169
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Value for money (0-100)
90.33
Maxwell
Architecture
Polaris
GM108
Code name
Ellesmere
Laptop
Type
Desktop
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
4 August 2016 (5 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$179
$160
Price now
$145 (0.8x MSRP)
1.88
Value for money
69.00
N16S-GM-B/S, N16S-LP
GPU code name
Polaris 10 Pro
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon RX 470 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

384
Pipelines
2048
928 MHz
Core clock speed
926 MHz
941 MHz
Boost Clock
1206 MHz
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Transistor count
5,700 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
120 Watt
22.58
Texture fill rate
154.4
722.7 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,940 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
941 MHz
Boost clock speed
1206 MHz
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Number of transistors
5,700 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
120 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon RX 470.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-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 RX 470 can be seen in this section.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
6600 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
211.2 GB/s
-
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon RX 470, the size and number of monitors.

No outputs
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

The difference between NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon RX 470 is the additional functionality.

2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameWorks
no data
no data
FreeSync
+
no data
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
+

API support

The difference in supported APIs is NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon RX 470. 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
1.2.131
5.1
Shader Model
6.4
1.2
OpenCL
2.0

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon RX 470 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 RX 470 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon RX 470
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon RX 470
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon RX 470 73.8 53.4
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon RX 470
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M 17.4
AMD Radeon RX 470
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

Less power consumption (33 Watt vs 120 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 470

31.93% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($145 (0.8x MSRP) vs $160)

More pipelines (2048 vs 384)

Finer manufacturing process technology (14 nm vs 28 nm)

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (211.2 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 930M or AMD Radeon RX 470?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 470 .

NVIDIA GeForce 930M versus AMD Radeon RX 470 performance benchmarks comparison

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