Radeon 530X 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)	GCN 1.0 (2012−2020)
GPU code name	N16S-GM-B/S, N16S-LP	Meso
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	12 March 2015 (9 years ago)	18 April 2017 (7 years ago)
Current price	$160	$664

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	384
Core clock speed	928 MHz	730 MHz
Boost clock speed	941 MHz	1021 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	1,040 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	50 Watt
Texture fill rate	22.58	24.50
Floating-point performance	722.7 gflops	784.1 gflops

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce 930M and Radeon 530X 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 3.0 x8
Width	no data	1-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	DDR3	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	2 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1800 MHz	4000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	32 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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x VGA
HDMI	no data	+

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)	12.0
Shader Model	5.1	5.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.5
OpenCL	1.2	2.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	no data
CUDA	+	no data

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	12 March 2015	18 April 2017
Power consumption (TDP)	33 Watt	50 Watt

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