AMD Radeon HD 6930 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960A

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Combined performance score

GTX 960A
6.22

Radeon HD 6930 outperforms GeForce GTX 960A by 17% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking544503
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money0.58no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2018)TeraScale 3 (2010−2013)
GPU code nameGM107Cayman
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years old)1 December 2011 (12 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$180
Current price$243 $11.99 (0.1x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores6401280
Core clock speed1029 MHz750 MHz
Boost clock speed1085 MHzno data
Number of transistors1,870 million2,640 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm40 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt186 Watt
Texture fill rate43.4060.00
Floating-point performance1,389 gflops1,920.0 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 graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 2.0 x16
Lengthno data220 mm
WidthMXM Module2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 6-pin

Memory

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 typeGDDR5GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount2 GB1 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed5012 MHz4800 MHz
Memory bandwidth80.19 GB/s153.6 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 ConnectorsNo outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort
HDMIno data+

API support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model5.15.0
OpenGL4.64.4
OpenCL1.21.2
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.0no data

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


Performance score 6.22 7.25
Recency 13 March 2015 1 December 2011
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 40 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 186 Watt

The Radeon HD 6930 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 960A in performance tests.


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