ATI Rage 128 PRO vs GeForce 930A

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking743not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency6.83no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Rage 4 (1998−1999)
GPU code nameGM108Rage 4 PRO
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)1 August 1999 (25 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 cores384no data
Core clock speed928 MHz118 MHz
Boost clock speed941 MHzno data
Number of transistorsno data8 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm250 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Wattno data
Texture fill rate22.580.24
Floating-point processing power0.7227 TFLOPSno data
ROPs82
TMUs242

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8AGP 4x
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeDDR3SDR
Maximum RAM amount2 GB32 MB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz143 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.02 GB/s1.144 GB/s

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 outputs1x VGA, 1x S-Video

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)6.0
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.61.2
OpenCL1.2N/A
Vulkan1.1.126N/A
CUDA5.0-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 1 August 1999
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 32 MB
Chip lithography 28 nm 250 nm

GeForce 930A has an age advantage of 15 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 792.9% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 930A and Rage 128 PRO. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce 930A is a notebook card while Rage 128 PRO is a desktop one.


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