Radeon R5 M315 vs GeForce 930MX

Place in performance ranking	738	1051
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code name	N16S-GMR	Meso LE (DDR3)
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 March 2016 (8 years ago)	16 June 2015 (9 years ago)

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	320
Compute units	no data	5
Core clock speed	952 MHz	970 MHz
Boost clock speed	1020 MHz	no data
Number of transistors	no data	1,550 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	no data
Texture fill rate	24.48	23.28
Floating-point performance	0.7834 gflops	0.745 gflops

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).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	PCIe 3.0
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	DDR3, GDDR5	DDR3
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	1000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	14.4 GB/s	14.4 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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

Supported technologies

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

HD3D	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
DualGraphics	-	+
ZeroCore	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
Optimus	+	-
GameWorks	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	DirectX® 12
Shader Model	5.1	6.0
OpenGL	4.5	4.4
OpenCL	1.2	Not Listed
Vulkan	1.1.126	-
Mantle	-	+
CUDA	+	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. 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.

GeForce 930MX 3.34
+172%

R5 M315 1.23

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 930MX 1289
+173%

R5 M315 473

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

GeForce 930MX 1597
+73.6%

R5 M315 920

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GeForce 930MX 9053
+79.6%

R5 M315 5040

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

17
+183%

6−7

−183%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8
+167%

3−4

−167%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9 +125%	4−5 −125%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	15 +400%	3−4 −400%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +850%	2−3 −850%
Hitman 3	8 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
Metro Exodus	15 +200%	5−6 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	13 +550%	2−3 −550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 +62.5%	8−9 −62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +21.2%	30−35 −21.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Battlefield 5	6−7 +200%	2−3 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Far Cry New Dawn	6 +100%	3−4 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +850%	2−3 −850%
Hitman 3	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	24−27 +71.4%	14−16 −71.4%
Metro Exodus	6 +200%	2−3 −200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 +300%	2−3 −300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10 +25%	8−9 −25%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31 +182%	10−12 −182%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +21.2%	30−35 −21.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−11 +66.7%	6−7 −66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3	0−1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +100%	3−4 −100%
Far Cry 5	7−8 +600%	1−2 −600%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 +850%	2−3 −850%
Hitman 3	8−9 +33.3%	6−7 −33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10 −40%	14−16 +40%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9 +12.5%	8−9 −12.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6 −83.3%	10−12 +83.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 +21.2%	30−35 −21.2%

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	5−6 +150%	2−3 −150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 +200%	1−2 −200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Far Cry 5	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	0−1
Hitman 3	8−9 +14.3%	7−8 −14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 +100%	4−5 −100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 +233%	6−7 −233%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
+75%

4−5

−75%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3	0−1
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3	0−1

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 +100%	1−2 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 +0%	1−2 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	0−1
Far Cry 5	1−2	0−1
Forza Horizon 4	1−2	0−1
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2	0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5
+33.3%

3−4

−33.3%

This is how GeForce 930MX and R5 M315 compete in popular games:

GeForce 930MX is 183% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the GeForce 930MX is 850% faster.
in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R5 M315 is 83% faster.

All in all, in popular games: