AMD Radeon HD 8970M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 930A
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
VS
NVIDIA GeForce 930A

General info

The general info section in the graphics cards comparison list contains information about the date of release, type, overall rating and other useful data for identifying winner between AMD Radeon HD 8970M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 930A.

312
Place in performance rating
625
31.66
Value for money (0-100)
no data
GCN
Architecture
Maxwell
Neptune
Code name
GM108
Laptop
Type
Desktop
15 May 2013 (8 years ago)
Release date
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
$135
Price now
$350
8.93
Value for money
1.03
Neptune
GPU code name
GM108
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between AMD Radeon HD 8970M  vs  NVIDIA GeForce 930A in the fabrication process, power consumption, and also base and turbo frequency of the GPU is the most important part containing in the graphics cards hierarchy.

1280
Pipelines
384
850 MHz
Core clock speed
928 MHz
900 MHz
Boost Clock
941 MHz
2,800 million
Transistor count
no data
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
100 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
33 Watt
72.00
Texture fill rate
22.58
2,304 gflops
Floating-point performance
722.7 gflops
1280
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
900 MHz
Boost clock speed
941 MHz
2,800 million
Number of transistors
no data
100 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
33 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards AMD Radeon HD 8970M and NVIDIA GeForce 930A come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
no data
Supplementary power connectors
None
large
Laptop size
no data

Memory

Graphics cards memory plays important role both in gaming and in applications for graphics. The card will perform much quicker and better, if it has more memory capacity and right memory type. What is the difference between AMD Radeon HD 8970M vs NVIDIA GeForce 930A.

GDDR5
Memory type
DDR3
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
256 Bit
Memory bus width
64 Bit
4800 MHz
Memory clock speed
2002 MHz
153.6 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
16.02 GB/s
-
Shared memory
no data

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between AMD Radeon HD 8970M vs NVIDIA GeForce 930A.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders AMD Radeon HD 8970M and NVIDIA GeForce 930A is practically over. The hardware support (API) does not greatly affect the overall performance, it is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and other performance tests. 

12 (11_1)
DirectX
12 (11_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for AMD Radeon HD 8970M and NVIDIA GeForce 930A graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the AMD Radeon HD 8970M or NVIDIA GeForce 930A good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M
NVIDIA GeForce 930A
Death Stranding (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M
NVIDIA GeForce 930A
F1 2020 (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M
NVIDIA GeForce 930A
Gears Tactics (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M
NVIDIA GeForce 930A
Doom Eternal (2020) AMD Radeon HD 8970M
NVIDIA GeForce 930A
Legend
5 Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60 Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
? Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 8970M

12.27% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($135 vs $350)

More pipelines (1280 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (153.6 GB/s vs 16.02 GB/s)

Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce 930A

Less power consumption (33 Watt vs 100 Watt)

So, AMD Radeon HD 8970M or NVIDIA GeForce 930A?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon HD 8970M .

AMD Radeon HD 8970M versus NVIDIA GeForce 930A performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

4.6 Out of 12 Hitesti Score
3.0 Out of 5 Hitesti Score