AMD FireStream 9250 vs NVIDIA GeForce 930A

General info

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in performance rating	684	675
Value for money	0.12	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	TeraScale (2005−2013)
GPU code name	GM108	RV770
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	13 March 2015 (8 years old)	16 June 2008 (14 years old)
Current price	$350	no data

Technical specs

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	384	800
Core clock speed	928 MHz	625 MHz
Boost clock speed	941 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	956 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	33 Watt	150 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.58	25.00
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops	1,000.0 gflops

Size and compatibility

Information on 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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 2.0 x16
Width	IGP	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin

Memory

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

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2002 MHz	1986 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16.02 GB/s	63.55 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

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

No outputs

1x DVI

API support

List of supported APIs, including specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	10.1 (10_1)
Shader Model	5.1	4.1
OpenGL	4.6	3.3
OpenCL	1.2	1.1
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	5.0	no data

Benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. Note that overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range.

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Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Gaming performance

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

Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance rating	2.87	2.94
Recency	13 March 2015	16 June 2008
Memory bus width	64	256
Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	800
Memory bandwidth	16.02	63.55
Chip lithography	28 nm	55 nm
Thermal design power (TDP)	33 Watt	150 Watt

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