CMP 170HX vs GeForce 930M

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	778	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	0.54	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	N16S-GM-B/S, N16S-LP	GA100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)	1 September 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$4,299
Current price	$160	$4569 (1.1x MSRP)

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	384	4480
Core clock speed	928 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	941 MHz	1410 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	250 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.58	394.8
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce 930M and CMP 170HX 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	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x4
Width	no data	IGP
Supplementary power connectors	None	2x 8-pin

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	DDR3	HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	4096 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	2.9 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	1,493 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

No outputs

No outputs

Supported GPU Technologies

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

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

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	N/A
Shader Model	5.1	N/A
OpenGL	4.5	N/A
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	N/A
CUDA	+	8.0

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	12 March 2015	1 September 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	16 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	250 Watt

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