NVIDIA GeForce 930A
VS
AMD FirePro W4170M
NVIDIA GeForce 930A
VS
AMD FirePro W4170M

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 NVIDIA GeForce 930A  vs  AMD FirePro W4170M.

625
Place in performance rating
675
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN
GM108
Code name
Mars
Desktop
Type
Mobile workstation
13 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
16 November 2012 (9 years ago)
$350
Price now
$495
1.03
Value for money
0.18
GM108
GPU code name
Mars XTX?
Desktop
Market segment
Mobile workstation

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 930A  vs  AMD FirePro W4170M 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.

384
Pipelines
384
928 MHz
Core clock speed
850 MHz
941 MHz
Boost Clock
900 MHz
no data
Transistor count
950 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
no data
22.58
Texture fill rate
21.60
722.7 gflops
Floating-point performance
691.2 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
384
941 MHz
Boost clock speed
900 MHz
no data
Number of transistors
950 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
no data

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 930A and AMD FirePro W4170M come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x8
None
Supplementary power connectors
None
no data
Laptop size
medium sized

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 NVIDIA GeForce 930A vs AMD FirePro W4170M.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
2 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
128 Bit
2002 MHz
Memory clock speed
4000 MHz
16.02 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
64 GB/s
no data
Shared memory
-

Video outputs and ports

Let’s find out the difference in extra ports between two graphics cards. What's the difference between NVIDIA GeForce 930A vs AMD FirePro W4170M.

No outputs
Display Connectors
No outputs

Technologies

Let’s have a look what is the difference. It is worthwhile to note that NVIDIA and AMD are using different technologies.

no data
AppAcceleration
+
no data
Enduro
+
no data
PowerPlay
+

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 930A and AMD FirePro W4170M 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_0)
DirectX
12 (11_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
no data
Vulkan
1.2.131
no data
Shader Model
5.1
no data
OpenCL
1.2

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 930A and AMD FirePro W4170M 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 NVIDIA GeForce 930A or AMD FirePro W4170M good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930A
AMD FirePro W4170M
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930A
AMD FirePro W4170M
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930A
AMD FirePro W4170M
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930A
AMD FirePro W4170M
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930A
AMD FirePro W4170M
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 NVIDIA GeForce 930A

1.08% faster in synthetic tests

Cheaper ($350 vs $495)

Advantages of AMD FirePro W4170M

More memory bandwidth (64 GB/s vs 16.02 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 930A or AMD FirePro W4170M?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend NVIDIA GeForce 930A .

NVIDIA GeForce 930A versus AMD FirePro W4170M performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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User rating

3.0 Out of 5 Hitesti Score
3.3 Out of 3 Hitesti Score