GeForce 930MX vs FirePro D500

Place in performance ranking	395	704
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.80	0.09
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)	Maxwell (2014−2018)
GPU code name	Tahiti	N16S-GMR
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	18 January 2014 (10 years ago)	10 March 2016 (8 years ago)
Current price	$475	$1808

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

FirePro D500 has 3011% better value for money than GeForce 930MX.

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1536	384
Core clock speed	725 MHz	952 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1020 MHz
Number of transistors	4,313 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	274 Watt	17 Watt
Texture fill rate	69.60	24.48
Floating-point performance	2,227 gflops	783.4 gflops

Form factor & compatibility

Information on FirePro D500 and GeForce 930MX compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	no data	PCI Express 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	279 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	DDR3, GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	3 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz	2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	243.8 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors

6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDI

No outputs

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost	no data	2.0
Optimus	no data	+
GameWorks	no data	+

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 (11_0)
Shader Model	5.1	5.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.1.126
CUDA	no data	+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

50−55
+194%

−194%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8
+300%

2−3

−300%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10 +233%	3−4 −233%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9 +350%	2−3 −350%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Far Cry New Dawn	15 +275%	4−5 −275%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Hitman 3	8 +300%	2−3 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20 +233%	6−7 −233%
Metro Exodus	15 +275%	4−5 −275%
Red Dead Redemption 2	13 +225%	4−5 −225%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	13 +225%	4−5 −225%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9 +350%	2−3 −350%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Battlefield 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Far Cry New Dawn	6 +500%	1−2 −500%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Hitman 3	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 +233%	6−7 −233%
Metro Exodus	2−3	0−1
Red Dead Redemption 2	11 +267%	3−4 −267%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10 +233%	3−4 −233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10 +233%	3−4 −233%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +240%	5−6 −240%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +250%	2−3 −250%
Forza Horizon 4	14−16 +250%	4−5 −250%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10 +233%	3−4 −233%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9 +350%	2−3 −350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 +500%	1−2 −500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 +240%	5−6 −240%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9
+300%

2−3

−300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 +500%	1−2 −500%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3	0−1
Far Cry 5	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Hitman 3	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+250%

2−3

−250%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4	0−1
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3	0−1
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Far Cry 5	2−3	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4	0−1
Metro Exodus	5−6 +400%	1−2 −400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1