GeForce G102M vs Radeon R4 (Kaveri)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R4 (Kaveri) and GeForce G102M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R4 (Kaveri)
2014
0.85
+97.7%

R4 (Kaveri) outperforms G102M by an impressive 98% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking11481262
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data2.11
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)Tesla (2006−2010)
GPU code nameKaveriC79
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)8 January 2009 (16 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 cores19216
Core clock speed533 MHz450 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million314 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm65 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data14 Watt
Texture fill rateno data3.600
Floating-point processing powerno data0.0352 TFLOPS
Gigaflopsno data48
ROPsno data4
TMUsno data8

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 supportno dataPCI-E 1.0
Interfaceno dataPCIe 1.0 x16

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 typeno dataGDDR2
Maximum RAM amountno dataUp to 512 MB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data400 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data6.4 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 Connectorsno dataVGAHDMIDisplayPortSingle Link DVILVDS
Multi monitor supportno data+
HDMI-+
Maximum VGA resolutionno data2048x1536

Supported technologies

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

Power managementno data8.0

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)11.1 (10_0)
Shader Modelno data4.0
OpenGLno data2.1
OpenCLno dataN/A
Vulkan-N/A
CUDA-+

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 HD8
+100%
4−5
−100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
Valorant 30−33
+114%
14−16
−114%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 3−4
+200%
1−2
−200%
Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 13
+117%
6−7
−117%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Dota 2 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Metro Exodus 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Valorant 30−33
+114%
14−16
−114%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
Dota 2 12−14
+117%
6−7
−117%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
+100%
4−5
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%
Valorant 30−33
+114%
14−16
−114%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 0−1 0−1
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 5−6
+150%
2−3
−150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 0−1 0−1
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 1−2 0−1

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 0−1 0−1
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
+114%
7−8
−114%
Valorant 4−5
+100%
2−3
−100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
+100%
1−2
−100%

This is how R4 (Kaveri) and GeForce G102M compete in popular games:

  • R4 (Kaveri) is 100% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.85 0.43
Recency 4 June 2014 8 January 2009
Chip lithography 28 nm 65 nm

R4 (Kaveri) has a 97.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 132.1% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon R4 (Kaveri) is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce G102M in performance tests.

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