Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics vs GeForce 930A

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking809not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.89no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Gen. 5 Arrandale (2010)
GPU code nameGM108GMA HD
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date13 March 2015 (10 years ago)10 January 2010 (15 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores38412
Core clock speed928 MHz500 MHz
Boost clock speed941 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm45 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate22.58no data
Floating-point processing power0.7227 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs24no data
L1 Cache192 KBno data
L2 Cache1024 KBno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR3no data
Maximum RAM amount2 GBno data
Memory bus width64 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1001 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth16.02 GB/sno data
Shared memoryno data+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_0)10
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.1.126-
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 10 January 2010
Chip lithography 28 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 35 Watt

GeForce 930A has an age advantage of 5 years, a 60.7% more advanced lithography process, and 6.1% lower power consumption.

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