Radeon RX Vega Mobile vs GeForce 930M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking808not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.75no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameGM108Vega Mobile
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date13 March 2015 (9 years ago)7 January 2018 (6 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 cores3841792
Core clock speed549 MHzno data
Boost clock speed549 MHzno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt90 Watt
Texture fill rate13.18no data
Floating-point processing power0.4216 TFLOPSno data
ROPs8no data
TMUs24no data

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
Bus supportPCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeDDR3HBM2
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit2048 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth12.8 GB/sno data
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12_1
Shader Model6.7 (5.1)no data
OpenGL4.5no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA+-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 March 2015 7 January 2018
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 90 Watt

GeForce 930M has 172.7% lower power consumption.

RX Vega Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 930M and Radeon RX Vega Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce 930M
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