NVIDIA GeForce 930M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290
NVIDIA GeForce 930M
VS
AMD Radeon R9 290

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 930M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 290.

646
Place in performance rating
166
Maxwell
Architecture
GCN 2.0
GM108
Code name
Hawaii
Laptop
Type
Desktop
12 March 2015 (6 years ago)
Release date
5 November 2013 (8 years ago)
no data
Launch price (MSRP)
$399
$160
Price now
$237 (0.6x MSRP)
1.88
Value for money
25.21
N16S-GM-B/S, N16S-LP
GPU code name
Hawaii
Laptop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Which GPU is better between NVIDIA GeForce 930M  vs  AMD Radeon R9 290 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
2560
928 MHz
Core clock speed
947 MHz
941 MHz
Boost Clock
no data
no data
Transistor count
6,200 million
28 nm
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
33 Watt
Power consumption (TDP)
275 Watt
22.58
Texture fill rate
151.5
722.7 gflops
Floating-point performance
4,849 gflops
384
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
941 MHz
Boost clock speed
no data
no data
Number of transistors
6,200 million
33 Watt
Thermal design power (TDP)
275 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Let’s discuss how graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon R9 290 come in different sizes (length), connector types and types of interfaces.

PCIe 3.0 x8
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
no data
Length
275 mm
None
Supplementary power connectors
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
PCI Express 3.0
Bus support
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 NVIDIA GeForce 930M vs AMD Radeon R9 290.

DDR3
Memory type
GDDR5
2 GB
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
64 Bit
Memory bus width
512 Bit
1800 MHz
Memory clock speed
5000 MHz
14.4 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
320.0 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 NVIDIA GeForce 930M vs AMD Radeon R9 290.

No outputs
Display Connectors
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
no data
HDMI
+

Technologies

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

2.0
GPU Boost
no data
+
CUDA
no data
+
GeForce Experience
no data
+
Optimus
no data
+
GameWorks
no data

API support

The confrontation between the two contenders NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon R9 290 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 (12_0)
4.5
OpenGL
4.6
1.1.126
Vulkan
no data
5.1
Shader Model
no data
1.2
OpenCL
no data

Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for NVIDIA GeForce 930M and AMD Radeon R9 290 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 930M or AMD Radeon R9 290 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon R9 290
Death Stranding (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon R9 290
F1 2020 (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon R9 290
Gears Tactics (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M
AMD Radeon R9 290
Doom Eternal (2020) NVIDIA GeForce 930M 17.4
AMD Radeon R9 290
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 930M

Cheaper ($160 vs $237 (0.6x MSRP))

Less power consumption (33 Watt vs 275 Watt)

Advantages of AMD Radeon R9 290

32.84% faster in synthetic tests

More pipelines (2560 vs 384)

More maximum RAM amount (4 GB vs 2 GB)

More memory bandwidth (320.0 GB/s vs 14.4 GB/s)

So, NVIDIA GeForce 930M or AMD Radeon R9 290?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon R9 290 .

NVIDIA GeForce 930M versus AMD Radeon R9 290 performance benchmarks comparison

Overall benchmark performance

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3DMark Fire Strike Score

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3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

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3DMark Vantage Performance

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User rating

2.2 Out of 42 Hitesti Score
4.0 Out of 31 Hitesti Score